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It would be worthy of the age to print together the collected Scriptures or Sacred Writings of the several nations, the Chinese,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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The religious rightwingism is directly linked to globalization and to privatization. When India is talking about selling its entire power sector to… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
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The highest Hindu intellectual training was based on the practice of yoga, and produced, as its fruit, those marvellous philosophical systems, the… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
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