পাতা:দর্শন দীপিকা.djvu/১৪৪

[۹ سرا ۰] people as falling below the standard which prevails clsewhere, lanı far from insinuating that that character is untainted or irreproachable, many adverse" circumstances have combined to retard the progress, of a pure and unsophisticated system of morality among the natives of India, and so strong and deep rooted arc the obstacles in its way, that it will perhaps acquire centuries of unremitted exertion to attain a consummation, so desircable, whoever has closely watched the native character. Has remarked that fickleness and want of moral courage are the principal defects in it, these however are inore the effect of bad Education in the people, than attributes inherent in their nature. In all cther respects whether in the capacity for distinguishing truth from falsehood, evil from good, or whether in the feelings and affectious which bind them to their fellow men, thcre exists no perceptible deficiency. Blest by the almighty with many lasting and substantial advantages and endowed with faculties, for appreciating and enteringinto every excellence, with imagination capable of soaring to any height, and reasoning powers fitted to-penetrate through any myster ... the natives of India, those science of a noble race. With the bright example of their