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Contribution of Jainism to Philosophy, History, and Progress.*
A Hindu story-teller tells us that once upon a time in India, four friends, & sculptor, o painter, a weaver and a Brahmin, decided to travel from place to place and see the country. In the absence of railways and stage-coaches, they travelled on foot. After passing through a thick forest, when night fell, they halted under a tree on the banks of a river. Life and property not being secure, they decided that each one of them should, for three hours, keep watch. First came the turn of the sculptor. To while away his time, he fetched a huge piece of wood which he saw at a distance and made a statue of it. At the end of three hours he retired. It was the painter's turn now to keep watch, He saw the statue and painted it. Next the weaver got up, who made a beautiful garment and dressed the sta tue. Lastly, the Brahmin's turn came. He looked at the • Reprinted with kind permission. Ed.
From the Asiatic Quarterly Review July 1900.
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