प्रथितयश बंगाली इतिहासकार सर जदुनाथ सरकार यांनी ज्येष्ठ इतिहास संशोधक आणि महाराष्ट्राचे इतिहासाचार्य विश्वनाथ काशिनाथ राजवाडे यांच्याबद्दल काढलेले गौरवोद्गार - "The greatest discoverer, the life-long searcher, the exclusive devotee without a second love, the most fruitful collector of raw materials of maratha history, & at the same time their most painstaking, editor and their most speed and prolific publisher has been lost to us forever. Time may bring forth others to carry on his work. but they will be merely a tamer race of the after born scanty gleaners after his copious harvest; not one of them will devote; as Rajwade devoted; all thoughts, all passions, all interests of a long mate- less, profession-less life to the ceaseless exploration of all possible and impossible "Find Spots" of historical records, amidst hopelessly defective means of transport, discomfort, privation & lack of helpers in the teeth of ignorant suspicion and hostility, neglect & inertia from a local public, whom he had to humour coax, educate and when necessary delude"
Posted on: Sun, 08 Sep 2013 17:03:28 +0000
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