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We cannot wonder at the severe judgment pronounced on Hinduism by nearly every Western author. WE CANNOT WONDER AT THE SEVERE JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED ON HIM BY NEARLY EVERY WESTERN AUTHOR
th pleasure; but as a whole it is an unsightly, almost monstrous, pile. Or, dismissing figures, we must describe it as the most extraordinary creation which the world has seen. A jumble of all things; polytheistic pantheism; much of Buddhism; something apparently of Christianity, but terribly disfigured; a science wholly outrageous; shreds of history twisted into wild mythology; the bold poetry of the older books understood as literal prose; any local deity, any demon of the aborigines, however hideous, identified with some accredited Hindu divinity; any custom, however repugnant to common sense or common decency, accepted and explained--in a word, later Hinduism has been omnivorous; it has partially absorbed and assimilated every system of belief, every form of worship, with which it has come in contact. Only to one or two things has it remained inflexibly true. It has steadily upheld the proudest pretensions of the Brahman; and it has never relaxed the sternest restrictions of caste. E HERE OR THERE THE EYE MAY REST WITH PLEASURE BUT AS OF WHOLE IT IS AN UNSIGHTLY ALMOST MONSTROUS PILE OR DISMISSING FIGURES WE MUST DESCRIBE IT AS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY CREATION WHICH THE WORLD HAS SEEN A DOUBLE OF ALL THINGS ALETHIISTIC MATHEISM MUCH OF BUDDHISM SOMETHING APPARENTLY OF CHRISTIANITY BUT ERRLY DISFIGURED A SCIENCE WHOLLY OUTRAGEOUS STRETCHES OF HISTORY TWISTED INTO WILD MYTHOLOGY THE BOLD POETRY OF THE OLD BOOKS UNDERSTOOD AS LITERAL PROSE ANY LOCAL DEITY ANY DEMON OF THE ABORGINIES HOWEVER HIDEOUS IDENTIFIED WITH SOME ACRIDATIVE HINDU DIGNITY ANY CUSTOM HOWEVER REPUGNANT TO COMMON SENSE OR COMMON DECENCY ACCEPTED AND EXPLAINED IN A WORD LATER HINGOISM HAS BEEN OMNIVOROUS IT HAS PARTIALLY ABSORBED AND ASSIMILATED EVERY SYSTEM OF BELIEF EVERY FORM OF WORSHIP WITH WHICH IT HAS COME IN CONTACT ONLY TO ONE OR TWO THINGS HAS IT REMAINED INFLEXIBLY TRUE IT HAS STEADILY UPHELD THE PROUDEST PRETENSIONS OF THE BRAHMAN AND IT HAS NEVER RELAXED THE STERNEST RESPECTIONS OF CASTE
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