India and the future . A^Sacred PooI_of the Ganges, Hardwar. [To face p. 254-. NavUation on the Ganges. (A Raft of inflated NilghauSUins. [To face p. 255. EDUCATION morning, and bathe either in the Ganges or in the longbathing-sheds of the College. They do their own menialwork and wait upon each other at meals. Hindi is theusual medium of instruction, but Western philosophy andscience are taught in English. Sanskrit, of course, bulkslarge in the curriculum, and cricket, football, and hockeyare played in that language. Fire—the god Agni of theVedas—is prominent in both public and private acts o
India and the future . A^Sacred PooI_of the Ganges, Hardwar. [To face p. 254-. NavUation on the Ganges. (A Raft of inflated NilghauSUins. [To face p. 255. EDUCATION morning, and bathe either in the Ganges or in the longbathing-sheds of the College. They do their own menialwork and wait upon each other at meals. Hindi is theusual medium of instruction, but Western philosophy andscience are taught in English. Sanskrit, of course, bulkslarge in the curriculum, and cricket, football, and hockeyare played in that language. Fire—the god Agni of theVedas—is prominent in both public and private acts ofworship ; but I was assured that it was regarded, notidolatrously, but as a symbol of purification. It chancedthat when I arrived at the College, the Principal waskneeling on the verandah of his bungalow, facing a redsunset over the green Ganges, and absorbed in prayer,while a tongue of spirit-flame wavered aloft from a brazencrucible placed on the ground before him. Assuredly, Inever saw a more impressive act of devotion. The Arya Samaj is regarded with suspicion by t
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