Speeches and Addresses of His Highness Sayaji Rao III Maharaja of Baroda

The paternal note of many of these addresses will not be missed and if some appear to deal with the obvious and commonplace this is of the real genius of the speaker whose ix"long experience has taught him the importance of detail and the tendency of officials to lose sight of it. [...] This is recognised in his election to the position of President of the Fellowship of Faiths as his practical interest in eduction made him a worthy Chancellor of the Hindu University of Benares and his support of a new cultural unity in India has led to his election to the Presidency of the A1l-India Hindi Association. [...] The whole development of civilisation and culture is not materialistic it is an increasing triumph of the spirit of mare following the ideal in conquest over the physical and the conditions of nature of primitive man. [...] This is not the occasion to go into the details of the measures adopted for the immediate relief of the sufferers and for the reconstruction of the damaged areas. [...] The chief reasons were first lack of interest and zeal on the part of the people and of local bodies in enforcing the provisions of the Compulsory Education Act; and second the apathy and indifference of illiterate parents of the agricultural and labouring classes who prefer to pay fines rather than send children to school.