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... is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- inanship , without attempting to penetrate into their hidden working , and to the " soul of the Lx INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D , K C I.
... is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- inanship , without attempting to penetrate into their hidden working , and to the " soul of the Lx INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D , K C I.
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... result is to induce some hesitation in meddling with so complex a work , some misgiving as to the ability gained by ordinary experi- ence for dealing with the science of Oriental adminis- tration , neither India nor England will suffer ...
... result is to induce some hesitation in meddling with so complex a work , some misgiving as to the ability gained by ordinary experi- ence for dealing with the science of Oriental adminis- tration , neither India nor England will suffer ...
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... results are confined to the head , and it is not by intellectual con- siderations that he will be induced to weaken a posi- tion he has occupied unchallenged for uncounted centuries among his fellows , in which he stands en- trenched ...
... results are confined to the head , and it is not by intellectual con- siderations that he will be induced to weaken a posi- tion he has occupied unchallenged for uncounted centuries among his fellows , in which he stands en- trenched ...
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... result of intimate contact with Europeans . The weaker native systems fall before that contact , and it is the best proof of the quality of Indiar . • civilisation that in its essentials it has stood the OUR GREAT DEPENDENCY 23.
... result of intimate contact with Europeans . The weaker native systems fall before that contact , and it is the best proof of the quality of Indiar . • civilisation that in its essentials it has stood the OUR GREAT DEPENDENCY 23.
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... result has been rather to strengthen than to sap the two factors which may be considered essential to the present system . Now , what are the two essentials to which I have just referred ? From our present standpoint they are , of ...
... result has been rather to strengthen than to sap the two factors which may be considered essential to the present system . Now , what are the two essentials to which I have just referred ? From our present standpoint they are , of ...
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