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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... practices , altogether incompatible with personal sanctity , are almost universálly indulged . Intoxication , by the use of opium , is not rare : fraud , theft , adultery , perjury , and murder , are common crimes . Morals . The manners ...
... practices , altogether incompatible with personal sanctity , are almost universálly indulged . Intoxication , by the use of opium , is not rare : fraud , theft , adultery , perjury , and murder , are common crimes . Morals . The manners ...
Page 40
... records of their own nation ; and their morals are by no means perfect , either in principle or in practice . Much , in short , we may infer , may yet be added to their political dignity , much to their social order , much 3 40.
... records of their own nation ; and their morals are by no means perfect , either in principle or in practice . Much , in short , we may infer , may yet be added to their political dignity , much to their social order , much 3 40.
Page 52
... practices in their superiors , and the power of persuasion , have not yet had time fully to operate . Besides , have this neglected people ever enjoyed the means of intellectual illumination , of mo- ral improvement , or even of ...
... practices in their superiors , and the power of persuasion , have not yet had time fully to operate . Besides , have this neglected people ever enjoyed the means of intellectual illumination , of mo- ral improvement , or even of ...
Page 98
... , by degrees , insinuate the idea of an equality of rights into the public mind , and introduce the observance of it into authoritative practice . * Spirit of Laws , vol , i . p . 112 . go- " In every Pergunnah , " according to Colonel 98.
... , by degrees , insinuate the idea of an equality of rights into the public mind , and introduce the observance of it into authoritative practice . * Spirit of Laws , vol , i . p . 112 . go- " In every Pergunnah , " according to Colonel 98.
Page 112
... practice of immolating the favourite spouse upon the funeral pile of her deceased husband . Whence the latter custom , so repugnant to the temper and character of the Hindoos , and so anomalous in the ge- neral system of their ...
... practice of immolating the favourite spouse upon the funeral pile of her deceased husband . Whence the latter custom , so repugnant to the temper and character of the Hindoos , and so anomalous in the ge- neral system of their ...
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