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Frederick William Thomas (philologist)
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Frederick William Thomas CIE FBA (21 March 1867 – 6 May 1956), usually cited as F. W. Thomas, was an English Indologist and Tibetologist.
Quotes
What gives to the Upanishads their unique quality and unfailing human appeal is an earnest sincerity of tone, as of friends conferring upon matters of deep concern.
F. W. Thomas, in The Legacy of India
Hinduism is one of the greatest assimilants that the world has known... It is infinitely absorbent like the ocean.
Attributed/Quoted in The Discovery of India - By Jawaharlal Nehru p. 90 and The Mutual Influence of Mohammedans and Hindus - by F W Thomas
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Category:1867 births
Category:1956 deaths
Category:Indologists
Category:Tibetologists