TO
THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS
or THE
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL,
Gentlemen,
BRITISH INDIA may justly boast of an enlightened and liberal Government, under which every Individual lives in safety and happiness. She may also feel a pride in the indefatigable labours of a number of learned and evangelical Men, who, being inspired by Divine Revelation^ have endeavoured, and continue in their endeavours, to spread the light of the Gospel, over this extensive country of heathen darkness. She may, in like manner, feel herself happy in the establishment of your most respectable and highly inter- esting Society ; which has so successfully removed the barriers of Oriental Learning and Science ; and opened rich stores for the speculation and information of the Learned^ and for the general benefit of Mankind,
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