| 1853 - 636 pages
...falsehood, and corrupt. In our well' meaning zeal for their welfare, we shudder at the idea of com' mitting to men so depraved any share in the administration...who under a native government might have held the 1 first dignities of the State, who, but for us, might have been ' governors of provinces, are regarded... | |
| George Robert Gleig - Chennai (India) - 1830 - 478 pages
...concerns, may be as wary and sceptical in the affairs of the world, as any philosopher can desire. We exclude them from every situation of trust and...these are left in their hands from necessity, because Eurol ems are utterly incapable of filling them. We treat them as an inferior race of beings. Men who,... | |
| Asia - 1843 - 734 pages
...Munro observed : " The main evil of our system is the degraded state in which we hold the natives. We exclude them from every situation of trust and...the lowest offices, with scarcely a bare subsistence ; aad even these are left in their hands from necessity, because Europeans are utterly incapable of... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - 1862 - 416 pages
...welfare, we shudder at the idea of committing to men so depraved any share in the administration of thei: own country. We exclude them from every situation...might have held the first dignities of the State, who hut for us might have been governors of provinces, are regarded as little better than menial servants,... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - Colonial administration - 1862 - 390 pages
...welfare, we shudder at the iden of committing to men so depraved any share in the administration of thei: own country. We exclude them from every situation...these are left in their hands from necessity, because Europenns are utterly incapable of filling them. We trent them as an inferior race of beings. Men who,... | |
| Charles Brandon Boynton - Eastern question (Balkan) - 1866 - 534 pages
...attained to a high degree of civilization and prosperity before the march of Alexander across the Oxus. He describes them as retaining these advantages in the...held the first dignities of the State, who, but for ua, might have been governors of provinces, are regarded as little better than menial servants, are... | |
| English literature - 1868 - 860 pages
...supernatural concerns, may be as wary and sceptical in the affairs of the world as any philosopher can desire. We exclude them from every situation of trust and...them. We treat them as an inferior race of beings. Hen who, under a native Government, might have held the first dignities of the State, who, but for... | |
| 1868 - 794 pages
...supernatural concerns, may be as wary and sceptical in the affairs of the world as any philosopher can desire. We exclude them from every situation of trust and...even these are left in their hands from necessity, beca use Europeans arc utterly incapable of filling them. We treat them as an inferior race of beings.... | |
| English literature - 1868 - 790 pages
...world as any philosopher con desire. We exclude them from every situation of trust and emolument ; wo confine them to the lowest offices, with scarcely a bare subsistence ; and even these arc left in their hands from necessity, because Europeans are utterly incapable of filling them. We... | |
| James Routledge - British - 1878 - 362 pages
...Thomas Munro said : l " The main evil of our system is the degraded state in which we hold natives. We exclude them from every situation of trust and...subsistence, and even these are left in their hands from bare necessity, because Europeans are utterly incapable of filling them. We treat them as an inferior... | |
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