The Golden Window of the East Oriental Impressions
The book The Golden Window of the East Oriental Impressions was written by author Milton Reed Here you can read free online of The Golden Window of the East Oriental Impressions book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Golden Window of the East Oriental Impressions a good or bad book?
What reading level is The Golden Window of the East Oriental Impressions book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The religious element enters most seriously in 158 INDIA 159 Indian life. It is the wedge that separates races : the fulcrum upon which native authority rests: it controls education, aligns castes, determines the status of women, and reduces one-sixth of the population to the degrading condition of pariahs, or outcasts. It has been the source of mon- strous fanaticism: such as thuggery, sutteeism, or the burning of widows on their husbands' fu- neral pyres ; child-widowhood ; infanticide ; the ...perversions of fakirs ; the juggernaut ; and self- mutilation. Some of these monstrosities in a milder form were known to early and medieval Christianity. They spring from an excessive asceticism, or principle of renunciation. English law has suppressed dangerous forms of fanaticism in India: education, a common industrial purpose, and a growth of the social conscience, will tone down these extravagancies which are the spawn of intellectual degradation. Let us imagine ourselves in a river-boat on the Ganges, following the shore line of Benares, at an early hour in the morning.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: