CHAPTER V
DARKER DAYS.
"The path of sorrow, and that path alone,
Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown."
—Cowper.
Vidyasagar's troubles now came fast upon him. He felt the full bitterness of domestic sorrow. His iron constitution, which had carried him through so many hardships, also gave way and his strength failed. Despite his living the life of a chronic invalid ever since that accidental fall, his mind never ceased to grow and was always busy with plans for the active service of man. To soothe another's sorrow and further another's joy were the chief end of his purposeful life.
His doors were always wide open to all comers. He gave strict injunctions to the household not to prevent anybody from
