I am a member of the human family, and was born in the year 1840.

I am an attempt at an experiment in humanity, an endeavour to unite an appeal to the Deity, and an effort to improve the condition of the people.

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.…