"From my own personal observation, during a four years' residence
in Ceylon, I am decidedly of opinion that Caste is directly opposed
to the spirit of Christianity, and consequently ought to be
discouraged in every possible way."
I conclude these European authorities with the confirmation of Rev.
Joseph Roberts, author of the work on Caste:--
"_We must in every place witness against it, and show that even
Government itself is nurturing a tremendous evil, that through its
heathen managers it is beguiled into a course which obstructs the
progress of civilization_, which keeps in repulsion our kindlier
feelings, which creates and nurses distinctions the most alien to
all the cordialities of life, and which, more than any other thing,
makes the distance so immense betwixt the governed and governors."
There is also the testimony of native Hindoos converted to
Christianity, who denounce Caste as Jefferson denounced the despotism
of Slavery. Listen to the voice of a Hindoo:--
"Caste is the stronghold of that principle of pride which makes
a man think of himself more highly than he ought to think. Caste
infuses itself into and forms the very essence of pride itself."