 | 1853 - 636 pages
...their happiness and to their en'joyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.' Again : ' The main evil of our system is, the degraded state...' which we hold the natives. We suppose them to be supersti' tiouB, ignorant, prone to falsehood, and corrupt. In our well' meaning zeal for their welfare,... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - India - 1830 - 472 pages
...the Hindoos have acquired sufficient knowledge and energy of character to govern themselves. VOL. II. S The main evil of our system is the degraded state...their superstition has little or no influence on their public conduct; that individuals, and even whole nations, the most superstitious and credulous in supernatural... | |
 | Asia - 1843 - 734 pages
...other distinguished persons, who had been in India during that time. Sir Thomas 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 emolument; we confine them to the lowest offices, with... | |
 | George Robert Gleig - Great Britain - 1858 - 552 pages
...their happiness, and to th«ir enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence." Again : " The main evil of our system is, the degraded state...share in the administration of their own country. We exclude them from every situation of trust and emolument ; we confine them to the lowest offices, with... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Colonial administration - 1862 - 352 pages
...acquainted with the condition of the Natives of India, especially in the Madras Presidency, declared : — " The main evil of our system is the degraded state...men so depraved any share in the administration of then own country. We exclude them from every situation of trust and emolument ; we confine them to... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Colonial administration - 1862 - 390 pages
...acquainted with the condition of the Natives of India, especially in the Madras Presidency, declared : — " The main evil of our system is the degraded state...ignorant, prone to falsehood, and corrupt. In our well-menning zenl for their welfare, we shudder at the iden of committing to men so depraved any share... | |
 | Charles Brandon Boynton - Eastern question (Balkan) - 1864 - 586 pages
...to their happiness and to their enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.' Again : ' The main evil of our system is, the degraded state...share in the administration of their own country. We exclude them from every situation of trust and emolument ; we confine them to the lowest offices, with... | |
 | Charles Brandon Boynton - Eastern question (Balkan) - 1866 - 534 pages
...to their happiness and to their enjoyment of a great portion of freedom and independence.' Again : ' The main evil of our system is, the degraded state...share in the administration of their own country. We exclude them from every situation of trust and emolument ; we confine them to the lowest offices, with... | |
 | English literature - 1868 - 864 pages
..." The main evil of our system," we read in a memorandum from the fluent pen of Sir Thomas Munro, " is the degraded state in which we hold the natives....their superstition has little or no influence on their public conduct ; that individuals, and even whole nations, the most superstitious and credulous in... | |
 | 1868 - 794 pages
..." The main evil of our system," we read in a memorandum from the fluent pen of Sir Thomas Munro, " is the degraded state in which we hold the natives....share in the administration of their own country. AV, never consider that their superstition has little or no influence on their public conduct ; that... | |
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The main evil of our system is, the degraded state in which we hold the natives. We suppose them to be superstitious, ignorant, prone to falsehood, and corrupt. In our well-meaning zeal for their welfare, we shudder at the idea of committing to men so... 
