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We have written but little about his literary abilities. Of 

 them we cannot think without feeling the greatness of him we 

 have lost. Still the public of Ceylon are the best judges, and 

 they know as well as we the weight of that powerful pen, 

 that marvellous intellect, that wonderful knowledge which 

 made him such a giant amongst men. To us he was always 

 the Grand Old Man, as such he will ever be remembered, and 

 when we think of the brilliant mind that has passed from us, 

 we cannot but remember those particularly applicable 

 words :— 



He was a man, take him for all in all, 

 We shall not look upon his like again. 



His life was gentle, and the elements, 



So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up 



And say to all the world : " This was a man.' 



