The wretch was sent to the part of the road most distant from his own house; or he was forced to work for a longer time than fell fairly to his share; or he saw a neighbour allowed to escape on payment of a sum of money.
This passage reveals the exploitation and unfair treatment of laborers in the road maintenance system.
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They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.
My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.
What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.
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