ପୃଷ୍ଠା:Typical selections from Oriya literature.pdf/୮

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emphatically of opinion that the time has arrived a further definite advance should be made in this direction, and plainly, the initiative should be taken by the Post-Graduate Department of the University. Animated by this desire, I have utilised my recent visits, in my capacity as a Member of the University Commission, to different parts of India, in discussing this question with a number of distinguished scholars, and I am now in a position to lay before my colleagues the outlines of my plan. My proposal in substance is that the services of competent scholars, wherever available, should be secured to prepare a series of volumes of Typical Selections, dealing with the chief Indian Vernaculars and illustrating the origin and development of both the language and the literature. The Selections will be made from sources published and unpublished, and manuscript materials will be utilised to the fullest extent desirable. The general plan of the volumes will be historical and critical, similar to that adopted for the Bengali Typical Selections, and I venture to entertain the hope that if the Selections are judiciously made, they will not only serve to illustrate linguistic and literary evolution, but will also help to illuminate many a dark corner of social, religious and administrative history. Each volume will be furnished with an introduction, glossary, notes and appendices. The volumes, as they become ready, will be published by the University and will no doubt tend to enhance its reputation as a true seat of learning.

The 29th June 1918.