Lowe asked an unhappy question, that long stood out as a beacon mark in the controversy—whether “if you wanted venality, ignorance, drunkenness—if you wanted impulsive, unreflecting, violent people—where do you look for them?
Morley recounts a provocative question posed by Lowe that critiques societal conditions and behaviors.
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Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
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