>Reverend William Ward of the Serampore Mission
>The system of the Hindoo religion is a mass of puerile absurdities, monstrous fables, and unmeaning ceremonies
>Their gods are monsters of vice, their priests are impostors, and their worshippers the dupes of the most childish superstition
>The caste system is the master-engine of priestly tyranny; it divides the people, enslaves their minds, and shuts them from the knowledge of truth