 | John Bruce Norton - India - 1857 - 264 pages
...the faith of the people of India ; you will " influence that opinion which has hitherto main" tained you in your power ; and that influence will " thrill...said, ' we " shall rise some morning, and hear of a conflagra" tion throughout the whole empire of India, such as " a few Europeans amongst millions will... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - India - 1857 - 262 pages
...individuals for their merits, " they should be allowed to adopt. Here you are " treading on delicate ground. If you are to do " away with the right of individuals...you will " influence that opinion which has hitherto main" tained you in your power ; and that influence will " thrill through your army ; and you will... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Ethnology - 1858 - 414 pages
...for their services, or upon other individuals for their merits, they should be allowed to adopt .... If you are to do away with the right of individuals...; and that influence will thrill through your army .... Your army is derived from the EFFECTS OF THE ANTI-ADOPTION POLICY. 227 peasantry of the country,... | |
 | James Ewing Ritchie - 1866 - 912 pages
...their merits, they should be allowed to adopt? * * * * If you are to do away with the rights of 192 individuals to adopt, you will shake the faith of...and that influence will thrill through your army. * * * * Your army is derived from the peasantry of the country, who have rights ; and if these rights... | |
 | Evans Bell - Great Britain - 1868 - 368 pages
...ground." No one would believe that they were going to confine the process to sovereignties. "If you arc to do away with the right of individuals to adopt,...through your army ; and you will find some day, as Lord Metcalfo more than once said, ' we shall rise some morning, and hear of a conflagration through the... | |
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If you are to do away with the right of individuals to adopt, you will shake the faith of the people of India ; you will influence that opinion which has hitherto maintained you in your power; and that influence will thrill through your army; and you... 