John Morley: “Then why should we be surprised that young Indians feel the same…”

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Then why should we be surprised that young Indians feel the same movement of mind, when they are made free of our own immortals.

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John Morley

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Morley expresses surprise at the intellectual awakening among young Indians exposed to Western literature.

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I think any man who lays down a firm proposition that all is well, or any man who says that all is ill--either of those two men is probably wrong.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.

I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?

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John Morley: “Then why should we be surprised that young Indians feel the same movement of mind, when they are made free of our own…”