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John Morley: “Nothing strikes me much more than this, when I talk of the better mind of India--there are subtle elements, religious…”

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Nothing strikes me much more than this, when I talk of the better mind of India--there are subtle elements, religious, spiritual, mystical, traditional, historical in what we may call for the moment the Indian mind, which are very hard for the most candid and patient to grasp or to realise in their full force.
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John Morley

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Morley acknowledges the complexity of the Indian mind, shaped by various cultural elements.

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