Terjék József: Kőrösi Csoma-dokumentumok az Akadémiai Könyvtár gyűjteményeiben. Budapest, 1976.

II. Duka Tivadar munkálkodása - 4. S. C. Maian levelei Duka Tivadarhoz

46 7. The Vicarage, Broadwindsor, Dorset. June 6

th, 1884. My Dear Sir in answer to your kind letter, I shall be delighted to receive a copy of Csoma's life. - If by "Philology" they mean the system now in vogue, of "making" languages, either one language out of two or three, or two or three out of one - then Csoma was no "philologist" neither am I, assuredly. But he was far better than that; he was devoted to his one object, was master of several languages, and over and above all, he has, and shall have to the end, the honour and credit of being the founder of Tibetan studies in Europe. He did not scrutinize the intricacies of hypolheses; he had too much sense for that. But lie laid the foundation and others only build upon it. - The books leave this to-morrow to your address. You would have received them ere this; but I had to unpack and re-pack them more securely. They had bettor remain as they are. Only I would recommend you placing the parcel as it is, in a wooden box. They will travel more securely. - It has cost me a little to soy good bye to them. But I feel that they ought to rest in your University where 1 trust they will be taken care of, and valued for poor dear Csoma's sake. Believe me, Dear Sir yours sincerely S. C. MUan