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Keshub Chunder Sen
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“‘Let my European brethren do all they can to establish and consolidate the moral kingdom of Christ in India’.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) said by 1884 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , quoted in Subrata Chattopadhyay Banerjee - The Development of Aryan Invasion Theory in India, A Critique of Nineteenth-Century Social Constructionism-Springer (2020)
“Her (India’s) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to welcome him on 12th April 1870.
“Prayer simply means a longing of the heart, it is the wish felt, - it may be expressed, or not expressed. It may take the form of human language or it may never be uttered at all; still it is a prayer, if God only hears it in the secret recess of the heart.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon at Hackney Unitarian Church, London, on 24th April 1870.
“My brothers and my sisters, do always persevere in true and earnest prayer, and the Lord will hear you. Believe that the highest revelations of science are conformable to the doctrine of the efficacy of prayer; that in this doctrine the highest philosophy harmonizes with the purest devotion.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon at Hackney Unitarian Church, London, on 24th April 1870.
“In carrying out the work of female education great impediments, some of them of an almost insuperable character, had to be overcome, and many defects had to be rectified.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at the East India Association, London, on 13th May 1870. See Female Education in India for full speech.
“Bombay is far ahead of Bengal in the matter of female education. I have visited some of the best schools in Bengal and Bombay, and I can say from my own experience that there are a larger number of girls receiving public education in Bombay than in Bengal; but while Bengal has not come up to Bombay as far as regarded extent of education, Bengal is not behind Bombay in the matter of solidarity and depth.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at the East India Association, London, on 13th May 1870. See Female Education in India for full speech.
“Look at that young, active, energetic Hindu who has received education in some English school or college. Yesterday what was he? An ignorant Indian. To-day what is he? An active, intelligent, fine-looking, educated man. Tomorrow what is he? He has English books on one side, he has the dangerous bottle of whisky on the other side. What is he the next day? Oh sad catastrophe! The whole house mourns the death of the promising young man.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at St. Jame’s Hall, Picadilly, London, on 19th May 1870.
“Education is the chief remedy for all those great evils which afflict the country. Education will not only cultivate and improve the intellect of the nation, but will also purify its character.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Butts, London on 24th May 1870. See Education in India for major portion of the speech.
“The education that you give to the upper classes will not uproot idolatry and prejudice, for it is amongst the masses that the error and prejudice will always maintain their power, and while you do not uproot those prejudices from the hearts of the masses, a handful of educated Hindus will never be able successfully to reform the country.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Butts, London on 24th May 1870. See Education in India for major portion of the speech.
“If merit is not recognised, still it is merit, and it ought to be honoured as such; but if it is rewarded, it becomes valuable in the eyes of all, and everybody is encouraged to pursue that course in which merit obtains its due reward.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington Butts, London on 24th May 1870. See Education in India for major portion of the speech.
“The true object of religion is to bind mankind together, and to bind them all to God. If we see that in the name of religion, men, instead of promoting peace on earth and good-will among men, are trying to show their antagonism and animosity towards each other, then certainly we must stand forward with our voice of protest, and say that religion is defeating its own legitimate object.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, in a meeting held to constitute a Theistic Association in London on 20th July 1870. See Universal Religion for full speech.
“Religion is essentially universal. If God is our common Father, His truth is our common property. But the religious world may be likened to a vast market, where every religious sect sells only a portion of truth. Religion is many-sided; but each individual, each nation, oftentimes adopts and represents only one side of religion. In different times and in different countries, therefore, we see not the entire religious life of humanity, but only partial religious life.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, in a meeting held to constitute a Theistic Association in London on 20th July 1870. See Universal Religion for full speech.
“The movement had likewise for its object the abolition of polygamy and premature marriages, the promotion of the remarriage of widows, the introduction of better ideas about marriage, its duties, and its responsibilities.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech after reception in the City Hall, Glasgow on 22nd August 1870.
“Let brothers and sisters from one end of the world, speak in all brotherly love, all affection, and one sweetness, to their brothers and sisters in the other extremity of the world. Then we shall succeed in rearing up one vast cathedral in this world, where men of all nations and races shall glorify the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sermon preached at Mill-hill Chapel, Leeds on 28th August 1870.
“I was also pained to notice an institution which I certainly did not expect to find in this country – I mean caste. Your rich people are really Brahmins, and your poor people are Sudras.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to bid him farewell on 12th September 1870.
“The truths which are represented in England and Western countries generally, are those which refer to force of character, earnestness of purpose, conscientious strictness, noble charity, practical duty, whilst the truths which I find peculiarly developed in India – developed to a greater extent than anywhere else, - and in the Eastern countries generally, are those which have reference to sweetness of communion, sweetness of temper, meekness and resignation unto God.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Parting words at Southampton on 17th September 1870.
“Those of you among our readers, who are farmers or artisans, do ye unite and stand up. Exert yourselves to the utmost to improve your condition, to forcibly stop outrage, cruelty and oppression to the tenantry. It is for your good, consider, that we publish this little journal. Sleep no more. It is time, wake up. No one is there to speak for you.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Published in Sulava Samacharon 28th November 1870. Translated from Bengali by Dr. Prem Sundar Basu.
“It is impossible to establish unanimity of opinion among mankind, and those who have tried to bring about such unanimity have always failed. I hope, therefore, the friends and promoters of this movement will not commit that great mistake. Let individual liberty be recognised: let individual rights be fully vindicated and respected; but still at the same time , while we recognise differences of opinion, let us feel, and let us declare, that it is possible to have a common platform of action, where we can exchange our sympathies with each other as brethren.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) first seen 1870 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech delivered on July 20th, 1870 at Freemasons’ Hall, Great Queen Street, London, in a meeting held to constitute a Theistic Association in London. See Universal Religion
“In the most politically charged of all his public addresses, ‘Asia’s Message to Europe’, delivered before a vast audience of Bengalis and Europeans in January 1883, Keshub opened with a long and electrifying depiction of British brutality in India: ‘Whence this plaintive and mournful cry, which so profoundly distresses the patriot’s breast? It seems that a whole continent is writhing beneath the lash of oppression, and sending forth from the depths of its heart a deep wail of woe. It is India that weeps. Nay, not India alone; all Asia cries. Many there are in Europe who hold that Asia is a vile woman, full of impurity and uncleanness. Her scriptures tell lies; her prophets are all impostors; her people are all untruthful and deceitful. Europe has perpetrated frightful havoc among the nations of the East. Europe, why do thy eyes still a role in wild fury and insatiate antagonism, as if bent upon Asia’s total annihilation? Before the formidable artillery of Europe’s aggressive civilization the scriptures and prophets, the language and literature, of the East, nay her customs and manners, her social and domestic institutions, and her very industries have undergone a cruel slaughter. The rivers that flow eastward and the rivers that flow westward are crimson with Asiatic gore’.”
Keshub Chunder Sen (1838–1884) said by 1884 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sen, K. C. (1901). Keshub Chunder Sen’s Lectures in India. s.l.: Cassell and Company. , quoted in Subrata Chattopadhyay Banerjee - The Development of Aryan Invasion Theory in India, A Critique of Nineteenth-Century Soci…