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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... manners ; in their domestic relations , kind and affection- ate . " Captain Sydenham said : " The general character of the Hindus is submissive , docile , sober , inoffensive , capable of great attachment and loyalty , quick in appre ...
... manners ; in their domestic relations , kind and affection- ate . " Captain Sydenham said : " The general character of the Hindus is submissive , docile , sober , inoffensive , capable of great attachment and loyalty , quick in appre ...
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... manners of life ; where this feature was lost ' it was chiefly by those who had been long familiar with Europeans ... There can be no doubt that the native mind outstrips in early years , the intellect of the Europeans and , generally ...
... manners of life ; where this feature was lost ' it was chiefly by those who had been long familiar with Europeans ... There can be no doubt that the native mind outstrips in early years , the intellect of the Europeans and , generally ...
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... manners on the side least flattering to our self - esteem . " He adds , " No set of people among the Hindus are so depraved as the dregs of our own great towns . " 4 1 Mill's History of India , Vol , I , p . 523 . 2 Modern India and the ...
... manners on the side least flattering to our self - esteem . " He adds , " No set of people among the Hindus are so depraved as the dregs of our own great towns . " 4 1 Mill's History of India , Vol , I , p . 523 . 2 Modern India and the ...
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... manners and softness of heart together with an almost infantine simplicity . " says : Even honest writers , who have had no opportuni- ties of studying the Hindu character , sometimes hastily generalize from stray instances of ...
... manners and softness of heart together with an almost infantine simplicity . " says : Even honest writers , who have had no opportuni- ties of studying the Hindu character , sometimes hastily generalize from stray instances of ...
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... manners and cus- toms . Their treatment of the female sex , their un- willingness to injure or take away life unnecessarily , their magnanimous treatment of their fallen foes , their unwillingness to take advantage of their own ...
... manners and cus- toms . Their treatment of the female sex , their un- willingness to injure or take away life unnecessarily , their magnanimous treatment of their fallen foes , their unwillingness to take advantage of their own ...
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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.