A Brief Account of the Solar System: In English, with the Translation Into Hindustani, Expressed in the Character; Arranged as Reading Lessons for ... for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The knowledge of the West, as it regards the East, is now sealed up in the languages of Europe; and the most important step towards bestowing upon India the moral treasures of the civilized world, is to Open, as extensively as possible, the mines from whence instruction may be drawn, that the people may enrich themselves.

English, being the language of the rulers of India, must be the chief depository from whence those treasures can be obtained and the more that language is put in possession of the intelligent amongst the people, the more rapidly will they transfer the new and regenerating Wisdom, which it contains, into the circulating medium of the country, the vernacular languages, the only channels through which moral and intellectual improvement can reach the mass (f the inhabitants.

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