22 LIFE AND WORK OF SIR JAGADIS C. BOSE 



his inmost and subconscious self, to introduce them, despite 

 all our arguments ! For not simply is the boy the father 

 of the man : the boy is the man ; and the happiest man 

 is he who most truly remains the boy. 



In such ways the man's happiest recollections are of 

 the bi-annual vacation at Burdwan and later at Cutwa 

 and plainly the most truly educational experience also. 

 Returning from school laden with new pets rabbits, 

 pigeons, a long-tailed lamb, and others he found occupa- 

 tion in building houses for them, with willing co-opera- 

 tion of admiring and rejoicing sisters. There too he had 

 his riding horse, faithfully kept for him. And the father's 

 wisdom, the mother's love, the grandmother's kindness and 

 piety, renewed the old atmosphere and encouraged fuller 

 growth. 



