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In short, I consider morality like the sciences and arts, to be only…
Quote byMaria Graham · 1785–1842
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Graham, Maria, Letters on India, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1814.quoted from Jain, M. (editor) (2011). The India they saw: Foreign accounts. New Delhi: Ocean Books. Volume IV Chapter2.
English (original)
In short, I consider morality like the sciences and arts, to be only slumbering not forgotten in India; and that to awaken the Hindus to a knowledge of the treasures in their own hands is the only thing wanting to set them fairly in the course of improvement with other nations.
— Maria Graham
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