[CHAPTER VII.]
WILLIAM CAREY, D.D.
THE SHOEMAKER WHO TRANSLATED THE BIBLE INTO BENGALI AND HINDOSTANI.
“No, sir! only a cobbler.”—Dr. William Carey.
“I am indeed poor, and shall always be so until the Bible is published in Bengali and Hindostani, and the people want no further instruction.”—Dr. William Carey, Letter from India, 1794.