CHAPTER XII.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
MUCH of the misconception on both sides will disappear if the Hindoos care to remember that the English are one of the most progressive nations in the world ; and the Englishmen bear in mind the words of Sir Monier Monier-Williams, who says : — "We are, in our Eastern Empire, not brought into contact with savage tribes who melt away before the superior force and intelligence of Europeans. Rather are we placed in the midst of great and ancient peoples who attained a high degree of civilisation when our forefathers were barbarians, and had a polished language, a cultivated literature, and abstruse system of philosophy, centuries before English existed even in name." If the question be approached with an open mind, without bias or prejudice, it will no doubt be
