Quote#Work
The missionaries have done far more than they themselves seem to be…
Quote byFriedrich Max Müller · 1823–1900
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dates unknown, (The Life and Letters of Max Müller, vol.1, pages 328 and 357-358) quoted in Kak, S. Racism, Eurocentrism, and Indology..
English (original)
The missionaries have done far more than they themselves seem to be aware of, nay, much of the work which is theirs they would probably disclaim. The Christianity of our nineteenth century will hardly be the Christianity of India. But the ancient religion of India is doomed- and if Christianity does not step in, whose fault it be?
— Friedrich Max Müller
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