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If the officer is harsh or overbearing or incompetent, the Government gets the discredit of it; the villager assumes that Government is also harsh, overbearing, and incompetent.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgJohn Morley: “If the officer is harsh or overbearing or incompetent, the Government gets the discredit of it; the villager assumes…”
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Morley explains that the behavior of local officers directly influences how villagers view the government as a whole.
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