Note 41
২ “If the ancient Vedic Aryan is gratefully honoured today for having taught us the deep truth of the Nirakar or the bodiless Spirit, the same loyal homage is due to the later Puranic Hindu for having taught us religious feelings in all their breadth and depth.“In the days of the Vedas and the Vedanta, India was all Communion (Joga). In the days of the Puranas, India was all emotion (Bhakti). The highest and best feelings of religion have been cultivated under the guardianship of specific divinities.”—‘Our Faith & Experiences’—lecture delivered in January, 1876.
In plain words
"If the ancient Vedic Aryan is gratefully honoured today for having taught us the deep truth of the Nirakar or the bodiless Spirit, the same loyal homage is due to the later Puranic Hindu for having taught us religious feelings in all their breadth and depth. "In the days of the Vedas and the Vedanta, India was all Communion (Joga). In the days of the Puranas, India was all emotion (Bhakti). The highest and best feelings of religion have been cultivated under the guardianship of specific divinities." 'Our Faith & Experiences', lecture delivered in January, 1876.