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Extracts from Dr. Radhakrishnan's Speech at the Publication Function of the Paramartha Sopan at Sangli on 9th January 1954. 1. "I am grateful to the Organisers of this function for asking me to associate myself with the publication of Dr. Ranade's Paramartha Sopan. I have known Dr. Ranade for a number of years. It has been possible for him, much more than for myself, to pursue his supreme object in a spirit of dedication. My activities have been scatte- red, and I have had to give much of my time and attention in recent years to other things than Philosophy and Religion. All the same Philosophy remains my first affection. With Ranade, Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom, not a mere intellectual exercise. It is for him meditation on the Spirit, a dedicated way of life". $2. 2. "You call the Institution 'Adhyatma Vidya Mandir'; and rightly so. "Each religion and philosophy aim at the understanding of Self and communion with Self. They are based on the fundamental bed-rock of self-realisation". "When,