In connexion w i t h
India generally, the Englishman ( w i th some noble exceptions)
deteriorates f r om a lover of l i b e r ty to a lover of despotism,
w i t h o ut the slightest regard as to h ow the Indians are affected and
bled. He suddenly becomes a superior, infallible being, and
demands that wh at he does is r i g h t, and should never be quest ioned. ( M r . Gladstone t r u ly called the " a rgument and l aw of
for c e" as the l aw and argument of the present A n g l o - I n d i an
rule.) " O ur boys" is his interest. The " b o y s" of others may go
to the dogs, perish or be degraded for wh at he cares.
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