"Where can we look for sages like those whose systems of philosophy were prototypes of those of Greece: to whose works Plato, Thales & Pythagoras were disciples? Where do I find astronomers whose knowledge of planetary systems yet excites wonder in Europe as well as the architects and sculptors whose works claim our admiration, and the musicians who could make the mind oscillate from joy to sorrow, from tears to smile with the change of modes and varied intonation?"
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Tod, James Annals and antiquities of Rajast'han, or the central and western Rajpoot states of India. London, Smith, Elder and co. [etc.] 1829-32. p. 608- 609 Quoted from A Tribute to Hinduism Thoughts and Wisdom Spanning Continents and Time about India and Her Culture by Sushama Londhe.
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