We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
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The ancient wisdom of the Indian philosophers declares, It is Mâyâ, the veil of deception, which blinds the eyes of mortals, and makes them behold a world of which they cannot say either that it is or that it is not: for it is like a dream; it is like the sunshine on the sand which the traveler takes from afar for water, or the stray piece of rope he mistakes for a snake.