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বাঙ্গালা ভাষা ও সাহিত্যের উন্নতি \9(۹ ه سر improve the natives of India by education, -a blessing for which they must Cvcn be grateful, and every wellwisher of thc human race must be desirous that the efforts madc to promote it, should be guided by the most enlight encod principles, So that the stream of intelligence may flow in the most useful channels. When this scninary of learning was proposcol, we understood that the Government in Enoland had ordered a considerable sum of money to be annually devoted to the instruction of its Indian Subjects. We were fillcd with sanguinC hopes that this sum would be laid out in employing Europcan gentlemcm of talent and education to instruct thc natives of India in Mathematics, Natural Plhilosophy, Chc mistry, Anatomy, and other useful sciences, which the nativcs of Europe have carriccd to a degree of perfection that has raised thcm above the inhabitants of other parts of the world. While we look cd forward with plcasing hopc to the dawn of knowledge, thus promised to the risins' generation, our hearts were filled with mingled feelings of delight and gratitudc, we already offered up thanks to Providence for inspiring the most gencrous and ent lightened nations of the West with thc glorious ambition of planting in Asia the arts and Sciences of Modern Europe. O We find that the Government arc cstablishing a Sanskrit School under Ilindoo Pundits to impart such knowlcdgc as is already current in lindia. This seminary similar in character to those which existed in Europe before the time of Lord Bacon, can only be expected to load the minds of youth with grammatical niceties and metaphysical distinctions of little or no practical use to the possessors or to society. The pupils will there acquire what was known two thousand years ago with the addition of vain and emptv subtletics since then produced by speculative men such as is already commonly taught in all parts of India. The Sanskrit language so difficult that almost a life fime is neccssary for its acquisition is well known to