The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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Page ix
... is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- manship , without attempting to penetrate into their All hidden working , and to the " soul of the ix INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D , K C I.
... is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- manship , without attempting to penetrate into their All hidden working , and to the " soul of the ix INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D , K C I.
Page xii
... 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 Indian civilisation that in its essentials it has stood the shock 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 Indian civilisation that in its essentials it has stood the shock 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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