Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ssors a mental rather than anoutward worship, with strict personal virtue. With these views of Hindu the-ology and morals, he was anxious to reform the creed and practice of his coun-trymen, and devoted his time and fortune to this benevolent object. Rammohun Roy thus appears as a great and rare light to his ignorant andsuperstitious
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ssors a mental rather than anoutward worship, with strict personal virtue. With these views of Hindu the-ology and morals, he was anxious to reform the creed and practice of his coun-trymen, and devoted his time and fortune to this benevolent object. Rammohun Roy thus appears as a great and rare light to his ignorant andsuperstitious countrymen, who were in gross moral darkness and error. In theancient writings which he studied (of three thousand years before), he foundr traces of the patriarchal religion, which was the belief ofAbraham, Job, andothers of their day, who had received instructions from their ancestors, extend-ing back to Shern, and even to Noah. With this information, and in the state of mind which it produced, perceivingthe errors and absurdities of both idolatry and polytheism, and satisfied that theearly sages of India taught, a more just and rational religion—Rammohun Roy,having acquired a knowledge of Greek and Hebrew (as also of Latin), that he RAMMOHUN ROY. 525.
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