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features of Jainism with necessary brevity. But we cannot conclude our review without noticing some of the charges to which it is said to be open. Mr. Apte's* able paper tries to account for the later insignificance of the Jains as a martial race by ascribing the supposed weakness of the Jains to their principle of non-killing. Mr. Apte supports his view with a quotation from Col. Tod. His view seems plausible owing to the excesses to which that principle is reduced by a small number of modern Jains. In accounting for the peculiarities of a race, it should be remembered, principles expounded in writings that are not reached by many, should not be compelled to yield more than they imply. In the first place, it should be admitted that theories fashion the minds of their advocates as much as they receive their colour from the
V. G. Apte
* This reference is to a lecture by Mr. B. A. Editor Dnyan Praksh.
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