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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...--This is one example of the inherent antagonism of civilization and barbarism, which, in Native countries governed by Europeans, so often takes the form of antagonism of race and colour. Old Indians used to say that the hatred between Hindoo and Mussulman was such that nothing would induce them to act together, and that their disunion was our security. We nattered ourselves that our sincere efforts for the welfare of the Native, according to our ideas, had secured us some regard from the Native population. Forgetful of the usual fate of such benefactors among ourselves, we expected gratitude for enforcing what we call "security to life and property," but what the Natives call " destruction of old rights and interference with old habits/' and for substituting our dearly loved liberty and equality in the place of the power, pomp, privilege, and respect to which Natives of all classes are so much attached. The more far-sighted of our Indian rulers, however, relied on the hate between Hindoo and Mussulman much more than on any affection for ourselves. At our pinch of need we found ourselves unloved and unhelped, and the hate of Hindoo and Mussulman vanished like wax before the differences of colour and of civilization. All that can be truly said in favour of our assumption is that our rule had not been sufficiently opposed to Native ideas to excite active opposition to us in the great mass of the people. Broadly speaking, the rebellion showed that the peasantry and the trading classes neither helped nor resisted us, but looked on with apathy at our struggle with the sepoys, the rabble, and the adherents of the old landed proprietors, whom we had deprived equally of power and of property. No Native believes our rule to be more than temporary, ...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458826053 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458826058 |
| Weight | 0.96 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.66 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 294 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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