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RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND OPINIONS
TWO LECTURES
ON THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND OPINIONS
OF THE TIINDUS.
Delivered before the University of Oxford on the 27th and
28th of February, 1910.
LECTURE I. It has always been my wish and intention to offer to those members of the University who may take an interest in the subject, a general view of the institutions and social condition, the literature and the religion of the Hindus. The purpose, although unfulfilled, is not abandoned. Various impediments have retarded its accomplishment, and still delay its execution; but I hope, at no very distant period, to be able to carry it into effect. In the mean time, the invitation which has been addressed to the University by the Bishop of Calcutta, and which, I am happy to think, has been accepted, to contribute to the religious enlightenment of a benighted, but intelligent and interesting and amiable people, has suggested to me the propriety and the duty of giving some earnest of my desire to render to any who may apply their talents
