Excerpt from Brahmanism and HinduismThe present volume, although it professes to be only a new edition of a book which has already met with considerable acceptance 1, contains so many improvements and additions that it may be regarded as almost a new work, and as needing a new Preface.Its aim has been stated in the first page of the introductory observations, but there is one expression in the second line which requires explanation. The word 'englishmen' must be understood to include all English-speakers everywhere.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.