Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes and Essays |
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Page 290 - His Lordship in Council directs that all the funds which these reforms will leave at the disposal of the Committee be henceforth employed in imparting to the native population a knowledge of English literature and science through the medium of the English language...
Page 290 - All parties seem to be agreed on one point, that the dialects commonly spoken among the natives of this part of India contain neither literary nor scientific information, and are, moreover, so poor and rude that, until they are enriched irom some other quarter, it will not be easy to translate any valuable work into them.
Page 290 - The question now before us is simply whether, when it is in our power to teach this language, we shall teach languages in which, by universal confession, there are no books on any subject which deserve to be compared to our own...
Page 290 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India, and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Page 306 - It is indispensable, therefore, that in any general system of education the study of them should be assiduously attended to. And any acquaintance with improved European knowledge which is to be communicated to the great mass of the people — whose circumstances prevent them from acquiring a high order of education, and who cannot be expected to overcome the difficulties of a foreign language — can only be conveyed to them through one or other of these vernacular languages.
Page 285 - ... a sum of not less than one lac of rupees in each year shall be set apart and applied to the revival and improvement of literature, and the encouragement of the learned natives of India, and for the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences among the inhabitants of the British territories in India...
Page 325 - The importance of female education in India cannot be overrated ; and we have observed with pleasure the evidence which is now afforded of an increased desire on the part of many of the natives of India to give a good education to their daughters. By this means a far greater proportion of impulse is imparted to the educational and moral tone of the people than by the education of men.
Page 250 - Lord of the Universe, the only refuge Of living beings, the alleviator Of pain, the benefactor of mankind, Show me thy favour and deliver me From evil ; 0 creator of the world, Maker of all that has been and will be. Of all that moves and is immovable, Worthy of praise, I come to thee, my refuge, Renouncing all attachment to the world, Longing for fulness of felicity — Extinction of myself, absorption into thee.
Page 313 - Shall feel no weariness : the forest thorns will seem like silken robes ; The bed of leaves a couch of down. To me the shelter of thy presence Is better far than stately palaces, and paradise itself. Protected by thy arm, gods, demons, men shall have no power to harm me. With thee I'll live contentedly on roots and fruits. Sweet or not sweet, If given by thy hand, they will to me be like the food of life.
Page 249 - The mighty Varuna, who rules above, looks down Upon these worlds, his kingdom, as if close at hand. When men imagine they do aught by stealth, he knows it. No one can stand or walk or softly glide along Or hide in dark recess, or lurk in secret cell, But Varuna detects him and his movements spies. Two persons may devise some plot, together sitting In private and alone ; but he, the king, is there — A third — and sees it all.