as it was not as easy to obtain a post worth 500 Rupees a month, as to lose it. But Vidyasagar was firmly resolute, and he said to his friend that he had advanced too far, and that it was then too late to recede. At last, Halliday requested him to make some alterations in those portions of his resignation letter, in which he had expressed his dissatisfaction with the system of the educational administration. From this last conversation, Vidyasagar understood, though wrongly, that Halliday objected to the retention of the passages on his own account. He was unwilling to alter any portion of his resignation letter, and he, therefore, addressed a letter to Halliday, which is quoted below:—
"My Dear Sir,
"After mature deliberation I find that I cannot either with consistency or propriety omit the parts of my letter which appear objectionable to you. It is true that ill-health is one of the principal causes which have induced me to resign. But I cannot conscientiously say that that is the sole cause. If it were so, I could have applied for a long leave and renovated my health. I had often represented to you, that I frequently felt it disagreeable and inconvenient to serve Government under existing circumstances and that I considered the present system upon which the Department of Vernacular Education was conducted, was a mere waste of money. You are aware that
