In the full text of his oft-quoted remarks on the Upanishads we meet a bit of a surprise: From every sentence deep original and sublime thoughts arise, and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy and earnest spirit. In the whole world . . . there is no study . . . so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads. They are destined sooner or later to become the faith of the people.[27]
