An Essay on the Best Means of Civilising the Subjects of the British Empire in India, and of Diffusing the Light of the Christian Religion Throughout the Eastern World |
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... Hindoos have a constitutional right to the privi- leges of British subjects , and to all those benefits , consistent with their character and condition , which that union can impart . Besides , the importance of Hindostan to the se ...
... Hindoos have a constitutional right to the privi- leges of British subjects , and to all those benefits , consistent with their character and condition , which that union can impart . Besides , the importance of Hindostan to the se ...
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... Hindoos is antecedent in idea , as well as inferior in excellence , to the other ; and , accordingly , from the consideration of the former , we shall be naturally led up to the investigation of the latter , which will carry our views ...
... Hindoos is antecedent in idea , as well as inferior in excellence , to the other ; and , accordingly , from the consideration of the former , we shall be naturally led up to the investigation of the latter , which will carry our views ...
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... , more civilised than the Hindoos ; for , though several districts of India be infested by hordes of robbers , and the people in general , by reason of their almost total C Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ...
... , more civilised than the Hindoos ; for , though several districts of India be infested by hordes of robbers , and the people in general , by reason of their almost total C Present sig- nification de- termined . Distinctions on this sub- ...
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... Hindoos have been , at some former period , more highly civilised than they are at present , it is evident they must be a nation susceptible of farther improvement than they now exhibit . Besides , as it is more difficult to restore ...
... Hindoos have been , at some former period , more highly civilised than they are at present , it is evident they must be a nation susceptible of farther improvement than they now exhibit . Besides , as it is more difficult to restore ...
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... Hindoos as a people have been , but what they now are . Their pre- sent state is the point from which our inquiries must set out ; and it may not be improper , as the ground work of the subsequent plan of improvement , to sketch a brief ...
... Hindoos as a people have been , but what they now are . Their pre- sent state is the point from which our inquiries must set out ; and it may not be improper , as the ground work of the subsequent plan of improvement , to sketch a brief ...
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