Dhaka, Dec. 9 -- Barrister Mainul Hosein now rests in eternal sleep. He lies in Dhaka's Azimpur graveyard beside his father. There is no longer any opportunity to receive advice, instruction, or counsel from him.

Yet his thoughts, his aims and objectives in life-his overall philosophy-are fairly well known to us. He believed in constitutional politics, based on rule of law.

He considered the parliamentary democratic system to be the most suitable for this country. He was courageous, unwavering in matters of principle, but he was not a revolutionary.

He regarded freedom of speech as the core of all rights. He saw press freedom as an integral part of freedom of speech.

In safeguarding individual liberties and fundamental human rights, h...