Whatever villainies the British may have committed in India, their Christian consciences balked at the practice of sati, which required a widow to co… - Alan Watts

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Whatever villainies the British may have committed in India, their Christian consciences balked at the practice of sati, which required a widow to commit suicide at her husband’s funeral. Truly civilized people are — we feel — not faces on the sky but fully enclosed heads containing souls, each one of infinite value in the sight of God.