बिथाङा बुंदोंमोनदि खुनसेखालि सोरबा भारतारि सिविल सेबाखौ बेखेवथिदोंमोन, " जायनि आखायाव जों खाफाल हावरियायै बे हादोराव सैनांगासिनो दं, मानोना बियो भारतारिबो नङा, सिविलबो नङा आरो सिबिनायबो नङा" ।
He noted someone had once defined the Indian Civil Service, "with which we are unfortunately still afflicted in this country, as neither Indian, nor civil, nor a service".