Excerpt from Letters on the State of Christianity in India: In Which the Conversion of the Hindoos Is Considered as Impracticable, to Which Is Added, a Vindication of the Hindoos, Male and Female, in Answer to a Severe Attack Made Upon Both by the Reverend Standard which should rule all the human race, and knowing nothing, or very little of the invincible attachment of the people of India to their religion and customs, expected to be able to overcome the insurmountable religious prejudices of the Hindoos, and bring them at once to their own faith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.