Quote by: William Winwood Reade

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Winwood Reade
  • DescriptionBritish historian
  • Born1838
  • Died1875
  • ProfessionPhilosopher; Explorer; Anthropologist; Historian