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INTRODUCTION
(Translated literally from Gujarati.).
About three years ago I sent a few copies of my book of English verse to some prominent Englishmen through the benevolent Miss Manning of London; among them one to Professor Max-Müller. I had no particular object in sending these little presents so far; nor had I any hope of acknowledgments, which, however, I received from most of the gentlemen a few weeks after. Of all these Max-Müller's enlightened advice gave me much satisfaction, and I have to this time acted up to it ................................................................
Whether we write English verse or English prose, let us never forget that the best service we can render is to express our truest Indian or German thoughts in English." This was the substance of the Guru's admonition. Some of these scholars sent me copies of their works along with letters of these the Essays of the renowned William Gladstone, the Speeches of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and especially the Hibbert Lectures of Prof. Max-Müller promised to prove useful. I, had often heard before of these luminous Lectures. I had an idea, by instinct, as it were, as to their value. On a perusal I found them more attractive than I had expected. Many of MaxMüller's views were such as to at once win my yielding sympathies--his sublime theories about the most-noble Aryan race, his eloquent opinions about the all-gifted Sanskrit, his outbursts of admiration for the achievements of that race and that language the remembrance of all this fascinated my
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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