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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... principles of the Newtonian philosophy , and the abstruse speculations of arithmetic and algebra , had been taught in Hindostan , long before they were discovered in Europe † ? “ Asia ” ( says the celebrated Montesquieu ) " has been of ...
... principles of the Newtonian philosophy , and the abstruse speculations of arithmetic and algebra , had been taught in Hindostan , long before they were discovered in Europe † ? “ Asia ” ( says the celebrated Montesquieu ) " has been of ...
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... principles , upon which eclipses were anciently com- puted , are now unknown ; the tables and the rules alone re- main . All the learning of the times consists in the know- ledge of those books , which contain the mysteries of their ...
... principles , upon which eclipses were anciently com- puted , are now unknown ; the tables and the rules alone re- main . All the learning of the times consists in the know- ledge of those books , which contain the mysteries of their ...
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... principle , and directed to high and pure ends . Many practices , altogether incompatible with personal sanctity , are almost universálly indulged . Intoxication , by the use of opium , is not rare : fraud , theft , adultery , perjury ...
... principle , and directed to high and pure ends . Many practices , altogether incompatible with personal sanctity , are almost universálly indulged . Intoxication , by the use of opium , is not rare : fraud , theft , adultery , perjury ...
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... 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.
... 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.
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... principle of the Hindoo constitution . Mild and effeminate by nature , they are prone to become inactive : patient and unambitious , nothing , except the calls of ne- cessity , or the impressions of fear , will rouse them to stre- nuous ...
... principle of the Hindoo constitution . Mild and effeminate by nature , they are prone to become inactive : patient and unambitious , nothing , except the calls of ne- cessity , or the impressions of fear , will rouse them to stre- nuous ...
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