 EunUch, excels in the qualities of a slave" and that "In the still more important qualities, which constitute what we call the moral character, the Hindu ranks very low" (Mill, 1916: 115, 365,366). And that, "the most prominent vice of the Hindus is want...  The History of India - Page 371by Mountstuart Elphinstone - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - 1850 - 408 pages
...Elphinstone : — " Their most prominent vice is want of veracity, in which they outdo most nations of the East. They do not even resent the imputation of falsehood ; and perjury, which is only an aggravated species of falsehood, naturally accompanies other offences... | |
 | 1864 - 486 pages
...detecting such men. Insincerity. — " The most prominent vice of the Hindus," says Elphinstone, " is want of veracity, in which they out-do most nations even of the East.'' Dubois says, " Amongst the vices peculiar to them, we may place in the first rank their extreme suspicion... | |
 | John Garrett - 1865 - 366 pages
...sufficient, they would have had the same operation on the indefatigable Chinese and the intrepid Hussian : in the present case they are as likely to be effect...falsehood; the same man would calmly answer to a doubt by saving, " Why should I tell a lie ?" who would shed blood for what he regarded as the slightest infringement... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1142 pages
...races is almost unknown. Mountstuart Elphinstone says their most prominent vice is want of veracity. They do not even resent the imputation of falsehood....would calmly answer to a doubt by saying, ' Why should 1 tell a lie ? ' who would shed blood for what he regarded as the slightest infringement of his honour.... | |
 | D.K. Ganguly - 1979 - 232 pages
...what we call the moral character, the Hindu ranks very low" (Mill, 1916 : 115, 365,366). And that, "the most prominent vice of the Hindus is want of...in which they outdo most nations even of the East" (Elphinstone, 1916 : 213). To justify the iron-hand rule of colonial power, these histories formed... | |
 | E. Sreedharan - 2004 - 600 pages
...write passages smacking of those in Mill's History. "The most prominent vice of the Hindus," he wrote, "is want of veracity, in which they outdo most nations even of the East." There were other assumptions. To Elphinstone it appeared strange that "the Arabs should not have overrun... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1885 - 1140 pages
...races is almost unknown. Mountstuart Elphinstone says their most prominent vice is want of veracity. They do not even resent the imputation of falsehood....regarded as the slightest infringement of his honour. Hindus are not ill fitted by nature for intrigue and cunning, when their situation calls forth those... | |
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