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To rescue this monumental figure from the sands of long neglect and admire its musty glory is not enough. Yet this seems to be the limits of the wish and work of the Hindus themselves, and of most Buddhists, if they are at all interested. But the statue needs cleaning, the accretions need removal, and it must be set up in a natural environment, not in a museum of antiquities. For this last item some work of creative adaptation is required to fit it into today's newer world.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 1 : Meetings of East and West > # 142