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SR ब्रांख्रिश्नांद्राशू बश्र्द्र बांधूं-5ब्रिड् । উল্লেখ করিয়াছেন এবং টাইমস পত্রে প্রকাশিত সারমর্ম তাহাতে তুলিয়া :िांdछ्रेन । pleasure that so much that is of truth and right are existent in this ancient race.' "And the Christian Missionaries in these days to foreign lands, what does their work mean? Some of the men are humbugs, some of them flatter natives or scorn them. Some who never would have been above the work-shop at home earn a fair livelihood here and are sahibs, eat better, drink better, and clothe better than at home and have five servants or more where in England they would not have had one." "We shall not be supposed to be writing with one unkindly eeling against either the Hindoo people or their faith. We think at all events, that we shall not. We shall look upon their beautiful Durga festival without one thought to jar with the beauty of the sight. We repeat, we utterly disclaim the charge of imputing to the people mere image-worship. We believe their festivals have a suggestive and marvellous history, reflex of ages, dead and gone, of the thoughts of master minds to whom reflection was as their daily bread, if not more. We think that their faith has been cruelly calumniated. We revere its charity, its humanity, (hatred of cruelty) its gentleness, its endurance, its thoughtfulness, its friendliness, and much more. We believe in very much, Babu Rajnarain Bose has proved his case. It is something to be tolerant, to be 'religious in every act of life,' to cause religion to run into laws, politics, economy, every thing, to have such a grand antiquity, and such a mighty grasp on the human mind that ages upon ages of disasters have not unloosened the hold. We can admire this. We wish we could follow the threads of its story into dark times, and study so great a marvel of the human mind.' “Babu Rajnarain Bose has a right to his views, and we admire his manliness.'