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বাঙ্গালা ভাষা ও সাহিত্যের উন্নতি \Olbri) speculations as the following which are thc themes suggested by the Vedanta; - in what manner is the soul absorbed in the Deity ? What relation does it bear to the Divine Essencce Nor will youths be fitted to bc better members of society by the Vedantic doctrines which teach them to believe, that all visible things have no real existence, that as father, brother, etc., have no actuai cntity, they consequcitly descrvC no real affection and thcrefore the sooner wo cscape from thcin and lcave the world, thc better. Again, to essential benefit can be derived by thc student of the Mimamsa from knowing what it is that makes the killer of a goat sinless by pronouncing ccrtain passages of the Vedanta and what is the real nature and opcrative influence of passagc of tlie Vicdas, etc. The student of the Naya Shastra cannot bc said to havc improved his mind, after he has loarned from it into how many idcal classes the objects in thc universe are divided and what speculative relation, the soul bears to the body, the body to the Soul, the cyc to the car, etc. In order to cnable your Lordship to appreciatic the utility of encouraging such imaginary learning as above charact criscol, I beg your Lordship will be plcased to compare the state of science and litcrature in Europe before the time of Lord Bacon with the progress of knowledgc made since he wrote. () If it had been intended to kccp the British nation in ignorance of real knowledge, the Baconian philosophy would not havc becn allowed to displace the system of the Schoolmcn which was thc best calculated to pcrpctuatic ignorance. In the sanc manner, thc Sanskrit System of education would be the best calculatcd to keep this country in darkness, if such had been the policy of the British Legislature. But as the improvc ment of the native population is the object of the Government, it will consequently promote a more liberal and enlightened system of instruction, cm bracino Mathe matics, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Anatomy, with other useful sciences which may be accomplished with