Address at the Final Session, Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893)

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No religion should convert another; each should assimilate the spirit of the others and keep its own individuality

Their wordsThe Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.

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No religion should convert another; each should assimilate the spirit of the others and keep its own individuality

Their wordsThe Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.
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Holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possession of any church

Their wordsIt has proved to the world that holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character.

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