 When we reflect how much the character of nations has always been influenced by that of governments, and that some, once the most cultivated, have sunk into barbarism, while others, formerly the rudest, have attained the highest point of...  Life of Sir Thomas Munro - Side 314av George Robert Gleig - 1849 - 368 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | James Peggs - 1832 - 550 sider
...here. When we reflect how much the character of nations has always been influenced by that of their Governments, and that some, once the most cultivated,...to enable them to govern and protect themselves."* We may anticipate the most pleasing and valuable results from an enlightened and liberal Government... | |
 | 1883 - 934 sider
...probably be best for both countries that the British control over India should be gradually withdrawn " We shall see no reason to doubt that if we pursue...so far improve the character of our Indian subjects iis to enable them to govern and protect themselves." On a par with the name of Munro for Indian statesmanship... | |
 | Sir Thomas Munro - 1881 - 420 sider
...India should be gradually withdrawn. That the desirable change here contemplated may in some after age be effected in India, there is no cause to despair....as to enable them to govern and protect themselves. THE EDUCATION OF THE NATIVES OF INDIA. 2nd July, 1822. Expediency MUCH has been written, both in England... | |
 | 1883 - 948 sider
...probably be best for both countries that the British control over India should be gradually withdrawn " We shall see no reason to doubt that if we pursue...to enable them to govern and protect themselves." On a par with the name of Munro for Indian statesmanship stands that of Mountstuart Elphinstone. He... | |
 | William Digby - 1885 - 146 sider
...nation ; to produce this effect it mast open the road to wealth and honour and public employment." " If we pursue steadily the proper measures we shall...to enable them to govern and protect themselves." Mountstuart Elphinstone said to the House of Commons in 1833 : — " The first object is to break down... | |
 | Henry Morris - 1908 - 282 sider
...no reason to doubt that, if we pursue * Gleig's Life, p. 280. OPINION ON INDIAN SELF-GOVERNMENT. 27 steadily the proper measures, we shall in time so...govern and protect themselves. " Those who speak of the Indians as men utterly unworthy of trust, who are not influenced by ambition or by the law of honourable... | |
 | Sir Charles Bruce - 1910 - 558 sider
...1822 Sir Thomas Munro, anticipating a time when, by proper measures, we should have so far improved the character of our Indian subjects as to enable them to govern and protect themselves, declared that when that time should arrive, it would probably be best for both countries that the British... | |
 | Ramsay Muir - 1915 - 440 sider
...into barbarism, while others, formerly the rudest, have attained the highest point of civilisation, we shall see no reason to doubt that if we pursue...as to enable them to govern and protect themselves. (Arbuthnot, Minutes of Sir T. Munro, 573.) 103. THE PROTECTION OF THE RYOTS From a Minute of Sir Thomas... | |
 | 1916 - 204 sider
...British rule was a sacred trust on behalf of the peoples of India. (As early as 1824 Munro wrote : ' If we pursue steadily the proper measures, we shall...to enable them to govern and protect themselves.') The difficulties in the north-west make an interruption in the sequence of the history ; but with the... | |
 | Ramsay Muir - 1917 - 346 sider
...into barbarism, while others, formerly the rudest, have attained the highest point of civilisation, we shall see no reason to doubt that if we pursue...improve the character of our Indian subjects as to make them able to govern and protect themselves.' In other words, self-government was the desirable... | |
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