Rabindranath presided over a meeting of death anniversary of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Sadharan Brahmo Samaj Mandir on 2nd Aug, 1922. The presidential address of Rabindranath as noted down by Prodyut Kumar Sengupta and publishe in Bhadra issue of Pravasi
[p-759-63] titled " Vidyasagar";
" Each year death anniversary of Vidyasagar is being held but the speakers always say about his kindness. But "Vidyasagar by dint of his virtues have gone beyond the then social systems and culture" has been kept untold. Vidyasagar has gone beyond his era in which he was born, he can well be placed in modern ages. He was born in a Brahmin family within the then social perspective. But he didn't keep himself within that boundary - he had struck the then social system - this is the beauty of his character. This is why he is a man of row mind modern age. He tried to make a bridge between the East and the West. In his opinion everything which comes from west is not bad. he knows there is no line of demarcation of East and West in Knowdge, in science. Being a Pandit in Sanskrit, he welcomes their education. He used to put on traditional old Indian dress but he tried to grasp their knowledge." In this regard Rabindranath also mentioned the names of Rammohan Roy and he said critically about the statement of Gandhiji on Rammohan Roy calling him a "Pigmy" . He said the person with a narrow mind used to see the virtues of the great person as obnoxious. "
