_A largely attended meeting, presided over by Babu Nibaran Chandra Das
Gupta, was held at the Raja Bahadur's Haveli, Barisal, on 14th October
1917, when Mr. C. R. Das spoke as follows:--_
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen,--I thank you very much for the kind words
that have been said of me this afternoon. I wish I could say that I
fully deserve all the kind things which have been said about me by
your worthy Chairman. But I will not waste your time by expressing
my modesty. I accept this welcome in all humility. I feel in a way
to-night which I never felt before.