"‘There is scarcely anything in Hindooism, when truly known, in which a learned man can delight, or of which a benevolent man can approve; and I am fully persuaded, that there will soon be but one opinion on the subject, and that this opinion will be, that the Hindoo system is less antient than the Egyptian, and that it is the most PUERILE, IMPURE, AND BLOODY, OF ANY SYSTEM OF IDOLATRY THAT WAS EVER ESTABLISHED ON EARTH.’"