After a failure to assimilate Indigenous children by early missionaries in the 17th century, educational programs were not widely attempted again by religious officials until the 1820s, prior to the introduction of statesanctioned operations
आपली मातृभूमी इंग्लंड सोडून सातासमुद्रापलीकडे भारतात, तेही लष्करातल्या नोकरीत आलेल्या १७ वर्षाच्या युवकाने १८१२ पासून पुढे वयाच्या ७७ व्या वर्षी मृत्यूला सामोरे जाईपर्यंत मराठीचा अभ्यास सोडला नाही.