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We know now the Anglo-Indian suspicion or contempt for 'half-castes.' The union of the Englishman and the Hindoo produces something not only between races, but BETWEEN MORALITIES.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot reflects on the complexities of mixed-race identities and their moral implications in colonial contexts.
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