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he hopes will prove satisfactory to the numerous admirers
of the illustrious Author."
The extraordinary learning and ability shown in
these writings, and their great worth were readily ac-
knowledged in England and America. Dr. Carpenter,
remarking on the Second Appeal, said " that the excel-
lent author is distinguished by the closeness of his
reasoning, the critical accuracy of his scriptural know-
ledge, the comprehensiveness of his investigations, the
judiciousness of his arrangements, the lucid statements
of his opinions, and the acuteness and skill with which
he controverts the positions of his opponents." The
Final Appeal was reviewed in the Monthly Repository
(Vol. XVIII. pp. 473, et seq.) in the following terms,—
" It is in our judgment the most valuable and important
of all the Hindoo Reformer's works, demonstrating the
entire devotion of heart and soul, and mind and
strength, to the cause of pure Christianity. He has
studied most diligently the great question between the
Unitarians and the Trinitarians, and he defends the
general doctrine of the former with a degree of ability
rarely exceeded by the most practiced polemics of this
country."
After the publication of the first Appeal the Mis-
sionaries of Serampore, not content with vindicating the
excellence of their own doctrines, attacked all the Hindu
Shastras as unreasonable, and also abused the Hindus
in very offensive terms in their Bengalee newspaper, the
Samachar Darpan, as well as in the Friend of India.
Ram Mohun Roy was not slow to reply, and he pub-
ished the Bramhunical Magazine, the fourth number
of which is dated November 1S23, nearly ten months
of the illustrious Author."
The extraordinary learning and ability shown in
these writings, and their great worth were readily ac-
knowledged in England and America. Dr. Carpenter,
remarking on the Second Appeal, said " that the excel-
lent author is distinguished by the closeness of his
reasoning, the critical accuracy of his scriptural know-
ledge, the comprehensiveness of his investigations, the
judiciousness of his arrangements, the lucid statements
of his opinions, and the acuteness and skill with which
he controverts the positions of his opponents." The
Final Appeal was reviewed in the Monthly Repository
(Vol. XVIII. pp. 473, et seq.) in the following terms,—
" It is in our judgment the most valuable and important
of all the Hindoo Reformer's works, demonstrating the
entire devotion of heart and soul, and mind and
strength, to the cause of pure Christianity. He has
studied most diligently the great question between the
Unitarians and the Trinitarians, and he defends the
general doctrine of the former with a degree of ability
rarely exceeded by the most practiced polemics of this
country."
After the publication of the first Appeal the Mis-
sionaries of Serampore, not content with vindicating the
excellence of their own doctrines, attacked all the Hindu
Shastras as unreasonable, and also abused the Hindus
in very offensive terms in their Bengalee newspaper, the
Samachar Darpan, as well as in the Friend of India.
Ram Mohun Roy was not slow to reply, and he pub-
ished the Bramhunical Magazine, the fourth number
of which is dated November 1S23, nearly ten months