life of a Nation, that of spontaneous flow,
that going out of its life by which the world is enriched. When the
Nation has lost this power, when it merely receives, but cannot give
out, then its healthy life is over, and it sinks into a degenerate
existence, which is purely parasitic.

"How can our Nation give out of the fulness of the life that is in it,
and how can a new Indian University help in the realisation of this
object? It is clear that its power of directing and inspiring will
depend on its world status. This can be secured to it by no artificial
means, nor by any strength in the past....

"This world status can only be won by the intrinsic value of the great
contributions to be made by its own Indian scholars for the advancement
of the world's knowledge. To be organic and vital our new University
must stand primarily for self-expression and for winning for India a
place she has lost. Knowledge is never the exclusive possession of any
particular race, nor does it recognise geographical limitations. The
whole world is interdependent, and a constant stream of thought has been
carried out throughout the ages enriching the common heritage of
mankind. Although science was neither of the East nor of the West but
international, certain aspects of it gained richness by reason of their
place of origin."[43]

OUTCOME OF THE SCIENTIFIC MISSION

The scientific mission of Dr. Bose to the West was a great success. The
very convincing character of the demonstrations that he gave, before the
leading Scientific Societies of the world, with his newly invented
Resonant Recorder and other delicate instruments, secured a world-wide
acceptance of his theories and results. Not only that. He secured also a
recognition from the leading thinkers of "that trend of thought which
led him unconsciously to the dividing frontiers of different sciences
and shaped the course of his work."[44] It has come to be recognised
that "India through her habit of mind is peculiarly fitted to realise
the idea of unity and to see in the phenomenal world an orderly
universe," to realise that "there can be but one truth, one Science
which includes all other branches of knowledge,"[44] and that the store
of world's knowledge would be incomplete without India's special
contribution to it. Thus he has raised India in the estimation of the
intellectual world.

RETIREMENT FROM GOVERNMENT SERVICE

Dr. Bose reached the age limit of 55 on the 29th Nove