...its property, or its society, are things that can be suddenly improved by any contrivances of our's, though they may be greatly injured by what we mean...division ; that whether it be held by a great body of ryots, or by a few zemindars, or by a mixture of both, our business is not with its distribution, but...

...people in their former condition. But this internal change, this village revolution, changes everything, and throws both influence and property into new hands...division ; that, whether it be held by a great body of ryots, or by a few zeminddrs, or by a mixture of both, our business is not with its distribution, but...

...of our government is innovation. . . . It is time that we should learn that neither the face of the country, its property, nor its society, are things...they may be greatly injured by what we mean for their good."92 Even James Mill, who, in the peroration of his monumental History of British India, felt able...

...vice of our government is innovation. ... It is time that we should learn that neither the face of the country, its property, nor its society, are things...attempt to regulate its landed property either in accumulation or division.44 It is too much regulation that ruins everything. Englishmen are as great...

...more difficult. It is time that we should learn that neither the face of a country, its property, or its society, are things that can be suddenly improved...division ; that whether it be held by a great body of ryots, or by a few Zemindars, or by a mixture of both, our business is not with its distribution, but...