"The missionaries have done far more than they themselves seem to be aware of, nay, much of the work which is theirs they would probably disclaim. The Christianity of our nineteenth century will hardly be the Christianity of India. But the ancient religion of India is doomed- and if Christianity does not step in, whose fault it be?"
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(The Life and Letters of Max Müller, vol.1, pages 328 and 357-358) quoted in Kak, S. Racism, Eurocentrism, and Indology.
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