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the Church has been preaching thus far is not the doctrine of the Christian religion but the laconicity and the incoherence under which the true teaching was hidden to prevent its reaching the 'swine' and the ' dogs'! I shall let the early Fathers of the Church propound the truth themselves, and shall do no more than furnish rational argument in support of their views wherever this seems necessary and can be done.
INTRODUCTION
I am avoiding all references to the Jaina authorities in these pages and am merely giving what may be described as a general statement of its teaching, to attain to brevity. I am also avoiding Jaina technicalities for the sake of lucidity.
In conclusion, may I ask the reader to bear in mind that no science can possibly be studied with advantage to the subject-matter as well as to the reader, if one merely glance through a book in a few places, here and there. A great deal of injustice will be done to the subject of this book if the reader will not induce himself to read through, from cover to cover, bearing in mind what he reads.
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