I am a person who has long been known in the literary world, by the name of "The Old …

I am a member of the great Aryan family of languages, and in India I am called Magadhi. I was born in Magadha, and speak a dialect of the sacred tongue of the twice-born classes.…

I am a friend of the human race. I have no respect of persons, and I know no difference between the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the learned and the ignorant, the good…