सिद्धान्तदर्पण (महामहोपाध्याय सामन्त चन्द्रशेखर सिंह - नग्न-नेत्र खगोल वेध एवं गणित महाकोश)

Introduction lxix
met with sneers from his equals in position, because
he shook off the aristocratic prejudice against
star-gazers and fortune-tellers. He had no one to
encourage him in his pursuit, and no notice was
taken of his work. Our Government could only
confer upon him an empty title which he had never
coveted. Geniuses are liek declicate plants, never
plentiful anywehre and depend upon tender care
for growth and development and fertility. Let me
therefore hope that the past neglect of his
countrymen may yet be compensated, and that
better days may yet dawn upon our old and crippled
observe of heavenly bodies.
Jogesh Chandra Roy¹

1. The above article reproduced is the introduction written
   in Feb' 1899 at Katak (presently Cuttack) by Late Professor
   Jogesh Chandra Roy to the book 'Siddhanta-darpana' of
   Samanta Chandrasekhara, published for the first time in
   devanagari script.