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Here are a few thoughts on truth and truthfulness : 
Mundakupanishad : “Truth always triumphs and untruth 
is always vanquished. Truth is the pathway that learned 
men tread. It is by this path that the sages, satiated in their 
desires, have obtained salvation in Him who is the infinite 
ocean of Truth.” 
Manu : ‘ Speak truth, but it should be sweet ; do not speak 
an unpleasant truth (e.g. do not address a lame man lame, and 
a blind man blind) ; but untruth even if it is sweet should not 
be uttered. This is eternal virtue.” 
Upanishat : “ There is no virtue higher than truth, nor 
is there any vice or sin worse than untruth ; there is no know- 
ledge superior to truth, therefore one should always follow 
truth.” 
Niti Shatak: ‘‘ Politicians or men of expediency might 
bestow praise or show hatred, wealth might come or go, death 
might come to-day or at the end of this world, those who do 
not leave the path of truth and justice are wise men.” 
The following is from an article on “ The Influence of 
Hinduism on Christian thought,’ by Rev. M. Thompson, a 
Christian missionary in India, in the “ London Quarterly 
Review ” of July, 1905 :— 
‘‘ Surely one need not seek to-day to convince an audience 
of intelligent Englishmen that residence in India is not 
intellectual exile, that India can supply subjects worthy of 
serious study, that in her institutions and literature is con- 
tained material of the highest scientific value for the student 
of language and religion. In this article I should go much 
further and maintain that in India there are elements ot 
positive worth—not merely of curious interest—which the 
Christian missionary can accept thankfully and use ii the 
building up of the fabric of the Christian church and nation.” 
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