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to the eye. In reply to Major Lees, I would say, that in my opinion 

 the whole question is not one for Literary Philologists to deeide, 

 but rather, in so far as any decision is possible, for those who are 

 practically familiar with the demands of their own sciences. 



Dr. J. Anderson thought that the onus of the debate rests on Sir 

 D. Macleod. He had said in his reply to the address of the native 

 nobility and gentry of Lahore and Umritsur, " I would urge you to 

 adhere to oriental models, whether in the designation of your 

 institutions, the degrees or honors they may confer, or the scientific 

 technology they may adopt, rather than unnecessarily import terms 

 from European lands, which last appear to me to be as unsuitable 

 here as would be the modes of dress of other nations, if substituted 

 for the more graceful garments of your own ;" and in his memoran- 

 dum read at the meeting of the Society in June, he had invited the 

 aid of the Society's advice and encouragement, with reference to the 

 subject of this address. Two matters quite distinct from each other 

 had been discussed by the meeting. One was the mode in which 



educated natives could best be inducted to a knowledge of European 



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 science. The other was that of a dogmatic imposition of a technical 



language. This last was of course impracticable, but with reference 



to the former he thought the only way of attaining the object in 



view would be, to use the language of European Savans which had 



been specially invented to convey their ideas. He thought, however, 



that the terms of the resolution, as it stood, were too dogmatic, and 



he would move the following, as an amendment — 



" That while the members of this Society regret that they feel, 

 themselves precluded from expressing an opinion on the purely edu- 

 cational matters on which Sir D. Macleod has done them the honor to 

 consult them, they would venture to express the opinion that it is not 

 desirable to discourage the general use of scientific terms, for which 

 equivalents are not found in the vernacular languages." 



Mr. Ganendro Mohun Tagore said, 



" I beg to second Dr. Anderson's amended motion. You will pardon 

 my observing that there is considerable difference between encouraging 

 the use of a foreign technology, and the amended form of the resolution, 

 ii'.f to discourage the use of a foreign technology. The former would 

 have been a direct interference, whereas the latter is only the suggestion 



