Hindu Superiority: An Attempt to Determine the Position of the Hindu Race in the Scale of NationsRajputana Printing Works, 1906 - 454 pages |
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... ancient Hindus , to invite the attention of thoughtful people to the leading features of the civilization which enabled the inhabitants of this country to contribute so much to the material and moral well - being of mankind . And if ...
... ancient Hindus , to invite the attention of thoughtful people to the leading features of the civilization which enabled the inhabitants of this country to contribute so much to the material and moral well - being of mankind . And if ...
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... Hindus II . - GOVERNMENT . -- ... ... Tests of good government . - Populousness of ancient India . - Views of Greek writers . - Hindus as numerous as all the other nations put together . - India renowned for wealth .-- No thieves in ancient ...
... Hindus II . - GOVERNMENT . -- ... ... Tests of good government . - Populousness of ancient India . - Views of Greek writers . - Hindus as numerous as all the other nations put together . - India renowned for wealth .-- No thieves in ancient ...
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... Hindus about 8,000 years ago . - Views of Brugsch Bey , Professor Heeren and ... ancient Persians were colonists from India . - Prof . Max Muller's opinion ... Hindus . - Views of Mr. Pococke and Prof , Maurice ... ... ... . 161 IV ...
... Hindus about 8,000 years ago . - Views of Brugsch Bey , Professor Heeren and ... ancient Persians were colonists from India . - Prof . Max Muller's opinion ... Hindus . - Views of Mr. Pococke and Prof , Maurice ... ... ... . 161 IV ...
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... ancient Hindus I. - VEDIC LITERATURE . 204 ... 213 Max Muller on Vedic Literature . - The Vedas the greatest work in all literature .-- Views of Voltaire , Guigault and Delbos regard- ing the Vedas .-- Vedas the most precious gift for ...
... ancient Hindus I. - VEDIC LITERATURE . 204 ... 213 Max Muller on Vedic Literature . - The Vedas the greatest work in all literature .-- Views of Voltaire , Guigault and Delbos regard- ing the Vedas .-- Vedas the most precious gift for ...
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... Hindus .-- Plato , Aristotle , Zenodotus and others compared with the ancient Hindus in this respect . -Consonantal division of the Sanskrit language unique in the history of literature.- Inferiority of modern Europeans in this respect ...
... Hindus .-- Plato , Aristotle , Zenodotus and others compared with the ancient Hindus in this respect . -Consonantal division of the Sanskrit language unique in the history of literature.- Inferiority of modern Europeans in this respect ...
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Page xxv - I should point to India. If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions of some of them which will deserve the attention even of those who have studied Plato and Kant — I should point to India.
Page 426 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 297 - In the whole world there is no study, except that of the originals, so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. It has been the solace of my life, it will be the solace of my death.
Page xxv - Whatever sphere of the human mind you may select for your special study, whether it be language, or religion, or mythology, or philosophy, whether it be laws or customs, primitive art or primitive science, everywhere, you have to go to India, whether you like it or not, because some of the most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India, and in India only.
Page 39 - ... each other, and above all, a treatment of the female sex full of confidence, respect and delicacy, are among the signs which denote a...
Page 365 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be trusted.
Page 160 - The mountains look on Marathon And Marathon looks on the sea; And musing there an hour alone, I dream'd that Greece might still be free; For standing on the Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave.
Page 19 - The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything that they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations.
Page 90 - O fairest of creation, last and best Of all God's works ! creature, in whom excell'd Whatever can to sight or thought be form'd, Holy, divine, good, amiable, or sweet!
Page 323 - Guido, with a burnt stick in his hand, demonstrating on the smooth paving-stones of the path, that the square on the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.