Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.

Wherever we direct our attention to Hindu literature the notion of infinity presents itself.

Cruelty to dumb animals is one of the distinguishing vices of low and base minds. Wherever it is found, it is a certain mark of ignorance and meanness; a mark which all the external advantages of wealth, splendour, and nobility, cannot obliterate. It is consistent neither with learning nor true civility.

An experiment in nature, like a text in the Bible, is capable of different interpretations, according to the preconceptions of the interpreter.

Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

I am no Hindu, but I hold the doctrine of the Hindus concerning a future state (rebirth) to be incomparably more rational, more pious, and more likely to deter men from vice than the horrid opinions inculcated by Christians on punishments without end.