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She has left indelible imprints on one fourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. She has the right to reclaim in universal history the rank that ignorance has refused her for a long time and to hold her place amongst the great nations summarizing and symbolizing the spirit of humanity.

Sylvain Levi (1863-1935) on India. She was a French scholar and Orientalist who wrote on Eastern religion, literature, and history.