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that they have one word in them which is not wholly his own . The Missionary converted by Rammohun Roy from Trialtarianism to Unitarianism , is a Mr , Adam , and not Dr . Marshman : which Mr . Adam was originally
deputed , it is understood , from the mission at Serampore , to discuss personally with Rammohun Roy the several points of difference between their creeds , and being honestly bent on the search of truth , had the frankness to confess the arguments of his
opponent to be convincing * . Mr . Adam accordingly separated from the Baptist Mission at Serampore , and in conjunction with Rammohun Roy , and others of the same faith , established a Unitarian Chapel and an Unitarian Press in Calcutta . The late Bishop
of Calcutta , on hearing of Mr . Adam ' s embracing Unitarianism , applied to the Advocate-General , Mr . Spankie , to know if it would not be possible to have Mr . Adam banished for preaching this heresy , in a land where idolaters , widow-burners , and slayers of human
sacrifices , are allowed to preach their degrading doctrines and practise their abominable rites with impunity 1 Mr , Spankie then replied that by the law as it applied to India , any man might
be banished for any thing which the Governor-General might deem sufficient cause : but he thought the day was past when it would be safe to banish a man for his opinions on religion , and there the matter ended .
If Rannnohun Roy had been the wretch which the friend of T . L . supposes , he might have had abundant opportunities of receiving rewards from the Indian Government , in the shape of offices and appointments , for his mere neutrality ; but being as
remarkable for his integrity as he is for his attainments , he has , during the five years that I have known him , and that too most intimately and confidentially , pursued his arduous task of endeavouring to improve his countrymen , to beat down superstition , and
to hasten as touch as possible those reforms in the religion and government of hia native land , of which both stand in almost equal need . He has done all this , to the great detri ^ ment of his private interests , being rewarded by the coldness and jealousy of all the gre&t functionaries of Churctf and Sta * e in India , and supporting
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the Unitarian Chapel—the Unitarian Press—and the expense . of his own publications , besides other charitable acts , out of a private fortune , of which he devotes more than one-third to acts of the purest philanthropy and benevolence .
I am ready to meet any man livW and confirm verbally what I here com , mit to writing for your use ; for nothing will delight me more than to do justice to one whom I honour and esteem as I do this excellent Indian Christian and Philosopher . J . S . BUCKINGHAM .
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442 Argument in favour 6 f the Greek Accents .
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Str , Penzance . WITH great pleasure I have at length received Dr . Jones ' s long-promised Greek and English
Lexicon , and I may be allowed to congratulate the lovers of sound learning on this valuable accession to their treasures , and to express my sense of the obligation we are all under to the author for his excellent and
important work . It is not , however , the object of this paper to enter into any general review of the merits of this Lexicon , but only to offer a few observations on one particular part of the plan which the learned author
has deemed it best to adopt . This is thus stated by himself , in the preface : ' The accents I have entirely omitted , as defacing the native simplicity of the language , and as requiring much sacrifice of expense and labour , without bringing in return the smallest advantage to the learner . " Believing
as I do that there can be no reasonable doubt that the Greek accents , as now appearing in our books , represent the genuine and ancient pronunciation of the language , and knowing from experience their great utility in giving a ready clue to the aensc of numberless passages , L may say , without affectation , that I felt grieved to see this author ' s respectable name going to increase the prejudice which many entertain against them . I nave been long used * in reading Greek , to
place the accent of every word where it is marked in our printed cop ies ; * nd know that this practice not only does not corrupt the quantity , but favours the euphony of the language in every respect , as many of nay friends have often acknowledged to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1823, page 442, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1787/page/10/
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