12-09-2007, 09:28 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The old ascetics would have regarded with contempt the practices of Christian monks, who were indeed children when compared with their Eastern ancestors.--The Monks before Christ, by John Edgar Johnson; and Description of the Character, Manners and Customs of the People of India, by Abbe J. A. Dubois.}<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

