Note 25 — AUTHOR’S INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION
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M. Abel Rémusat, in his Mélanges Asiatiques, makes many apposite and forcible remarks on this subject, which, without intention, convey a just reproof to the lukewarmness of our countrymen. The institution of the Royal Asiatic Society, especially that branch of it devoted to Oriental translations, may yet redeem this reproach.