“We do not know what to admire in such a proposal of the Inquisitor, his malice or foolishness. Undoubtedly it is the height of malice to affirm that Goan Councils had prohibited the natives to talk in their mother tongue, and had obliged them to speak the Portuguese language alone. It is foolishness to make people believe that through the vernacular alone could the Botos and other Hindu priests explain the tenets of their belief and sect with a view to convincing the native Christians.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“We do not know what to admire in such a proposal of the Inquisitor, his malice or foolishness. Undoubtedly it is the height of malice to affirm that Goan Councils had prohibited the natives to talk in their mother tongue, and had obliged them to speak the Portuguese language alone. It is foolishness to make people believe that through the vernacular alone could the Botos and other Hindu priests explain the tenets of their belief and sect with a view to convincing the native Christians." in the context of "" to mean that wisdom is timeless.