"I am convinced that everything—astronomy, astrology, metempsychosis, etc.—comes to us from the banks of the Ganges."

"The literature of India makes us acquainted with a great nation of past ages, which grasped every branch of knowledge…"

"It has now become very clear to me that the Scandinavian, Egyptian, Greek, Central Asiatic, German and Slavonic gods …"

"But the evidence of her past glories lies in her literature. What people in all the world can boast of such a literat…"

"We are constrained to see in this cradle of the human race the native land of the highest philosophy."

"India as a land of Desire formed an essential element in general history. From the most ancient times downwards, all …"

"Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, Herzliebchen, trag' ich dich fort, Fort nach den Fluren des Ganges, Dort weiß ich den schön…"

"The bramins have formed their people to such a degree of gentleness, courtesy, temperance and chastity, or at least h…"

"It is very important to note that some 2,500 years ago at the least Pythagoras went from Samos to the Ganges to learn…"

"It does not behoove us, who were only savages and barbarians when these Indians and Chinese peoples were civilized an…"