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We are dealing with the very mightiest forces that through all the centuries and ages have moulded the fortunes of great States and the destinies of countless millions of mankind.
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John Morley
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Morley reflects on the powerful historical forces that have shaped nations and affected millions of lives.
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But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.
This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.
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