And what applies to military struggles seems to me to apply to all struggles—political, religious, social, commercial, and even literary. Let those who love to fight, fight; but let others who are fond of quiet work go on undisturbed in their own special callings. That was, as far as we can see, the old Indian idea, or at all events the ideal which the Brahmans wished to see realized. I do not stand up for utter idleness or sloth, not even for drones, though nature does not seem to condemn even _hoc genus_ altogether. All I plead for, as a scholar and a thinker, is freedom from canvassing, from letter-reading and letter-writing, from committees, deputations, meetings, public dinners, and all the rest. That will sound very selfish to the ears of practical men, and I understand why they should look upon men like myself as hardly worth their salt. But what would they say to one of the greatest fighters in the history of the world? What would they say to Julius Caesar, when he declares that the triumphs and the laurel wreaths of Cicero are as far nobler than those of warriors as it is a greater achievement to extend the boundaries of the Roman intellect than the domains of the Roman people? INDEX Abiturienten, Examination at Zerbst, 106 Acland, Dr., 245 Admiration, power of, 90 Aitareya-brâhmana, 203 All Souls’ Fellowship, 23 -- -- pinnacles, 225, 226 Altenstein, Minister of Instruction, 131 Anglican system, 209 -- orders, 291 Anhalt-Dessau, Duchy of, 46 Antiquities hid in etymologies, 152-154 Anti-Semitism, 70, 71 Arnim, Count, 110 Arnold, Matthew, 282-283 Artistic element in the Oxford movement, 303, 304 Aryan speakers may differ in blood, 32 -- and aboriginal languages of India, M. M.’s paper on, 210, 211 Aryans of India, 197 Aryas, meaning of, 32 Asvalâyana Sûtras, 203 Atavism, 17, 25, 26, 27, 30 Atavistic influences, 27 Autobiography, object of M. M. in writing his, vi Autos, the, 35 Babies, studying, 86 Bach family, 34 Baden-Powell, Professor, 238, 245 Bandinell, Dr., 259-261 Bardelli, Abbé, 170 Basedow, von, President, 54 -- the Pedagogue, 55, 76 Bathing, 77 Bernays, Professor, 69 Bibliothèque Royale, 167 Biographies, too lenient, 2 -- best kind of history, 14 Bismarck, 175 Blücher, Marshal, 235 Blum, Robert, 15 Boden Professorship of Sanskrit, vii Bodleian Library, 258, 259 Boehtlingk, 181, 182, 183 Books, scarcity of, 67 Bopp, 125, 132, 148, 151, 156 -- his lectures, 156, 157 Brahmo Somaj, service for the, 61 Breakfast parties, 205 British Association at Oxford, 210, 215 Brockhaus, Professor, 147 Buckle, 287 Bull, Dr., 40, 255, 256 Bunsen, Baron, 5, 13, 16 -- first visit to, 190, 191 -- his kindness, 193, 199, 221 Burgon, 287 Burnouf, 167, 169, 178, 179-182, 288 Camerarius, 51 Canon of Christ Church, an old, 256-258 Canvassing, 312, 313 Carlyle, 310, 311 Carus, Professor, 98, 109 Chartist Deputation, 16 Chrétian, 287