१३वा] प्रसिद्ध इतिहासकार आँकले यांचा श्वेतबंधू- विषय अभिप्राय. da a aatti, ११३ याबद्दल आँकले नामक इति- हासकारानें थोडक्यांत चांगले वर्णन दिले आहे. मुसलमान् लोकांचा इतिहास लिहीत असतां ते असें ह्मणतात की:--- "If providence hath removed us to a greater distance from the influence of those genial rays which ripen the wits of the eastern nations, it hath made us abundant amends, by indulging us in this conceit, that we are wiser than all the rest of the world besides. "There are some sorts of pleasing madness of which it would be cruelty to cure a man. By bringing him to his senses you make him miserable. " You will ask me, perhaps, what is the mean- ing of all this? why, in good truth, the meaning of it is, a just indignation against the impertinence of those who imagine that they know everything, when in reality they know nothing. "And, to be more particular, the folly of the Westerns in despising the wisdom of the eastern nations and looking upon them as brutes and barbari- ans whilst we arrogate to ourselves everything that is wise and polite; and if we chance to light upon a just thought we applaud ourselves upon the dis- covery though it was better understood three thousand years ago.! "This happens to us through want of good reading and a true way of thinking; for the Case is this, that little smothering of knowledge what we have is entirely derived from the east. They first
