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In the history of the world the Vedas fill a gap which no literary work in any other language could fill. I maintain that to everybody who cares for himself for his ancestors for his intellectual development a study of the Vedic literature is indeed indispensable.

Max Muller

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Max Muller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 6
Died: 1900
Died: October 28
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