say, at Rs. 400 or Rs. 500. He would make no difference in regard to
Europeans or Indians in that respect.... It would not be right for a
great Government to grant a minimum of pay to Indian Professors and an
extravagantly high pay to their European Colleagues, for doing the same
kind of work."[33]

To Mr. Gupta, he said that "He desired one Service, because he thought
it was most degrading that certain man, although they were doing the
same work should be classed in a Provincial Service, while others should
be classed in an Imperial Service. The prospects of the members of the
Provincial Service were not at all what they ought to be, and that was
the reason why the best men were not attracted to it."[33]

FOURTH SCIENTIFIC DEPUTATION (1914-15)

Though the theories of Dr. Bose received acceptance from the leading
scientific men of the Royal Society, yet Dr. Bose realised the necessity
of bringing about a _general conviction_ as to the truth of the identity
of life-reactions in plant and in animal. So he looked for an
opportunity of giving demonstration of his discoveries before the
leading Scientific Societies of the World. And that opportunity came.
The Royal Institution of Great Britain again invited him to deliver a
'Friday evening discourse' on the results of his new researches. The
University of Oxford and Cambridge also followed suit. The Government of
India also showed their appreciation by sending him again on a
Deputation for placing his discoveries before the Scientific world. He
remained on deputation from the 3rd April 1914 to the 12th June 1915.

DR. BOSE IN EUROPE

Proceeding on his Deputation to England, Dr. Bose gave his first
lecture, on the 20th May 1914, at Oxford,--where the late Sir John
Burden Sanderson and his followers were the leaders of biological
thought--in presence of very distinguished scientists. It was a grand
success. Actual visualisation by physical demonstration of the results
of his novel researches at once convinced those who were present. He
next proposed to give a discourse on Plant Response before the
University of Cambridge. The interest in this lecture became so very
keen that the Botanical Department of Cambridge went to the length of
importing soil from India to give the plants the most favourable
conditions for exhibiting their specific reactions. At the lecture, the
large Botanical Theatre became filled with scientific specialists, dons
and advanced students, who fo