In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or u…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old intelligence, which in another age and climate had pondered and thus disposed of the questions that exercise us.
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