Sri Lanka, March 3 -- This undoubtedly makes him the greatest philanthropist this country has ever had. Particularly, the students, past and present of Prince and Princess of Wales Colleges, Moratuwa, who never fail in paying homage to their founder in more ways than one. In these days of ingratitude, it is a joy to behold how much these students love him and never cease in their acts of gratitude. As his great-granddaughter, not only am I proud of him, but am amased at not only his extraordinary largesse to our nation; but by the avenues he thought of which shows that he was a visionary far ahead of his time.

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The great philanthropist Charles Henry de Soysa



Health, agriculture and education were quite obviously...