Quote#Education
A single generation enamoured of foreign ways is almost enough in…
Quote bySister Nivedita · 1867–1911
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists (1913), p. 2.
English (original)
a single generation enamoured of foreign ways is almost enough in history to risk the whole continuity of civilization and learning.
— Sister Nivedita
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