We are representatives, not of Oriental civilisation, but of Western civilisation, of its methods, its principles, its practices; and I for one will not be hurried into an excessive haste for repression, by the argument that Orientals do not understand patience or toleration.
Morley defends Western civilization's principles and warns against hasty repression based on cultural stereotypes.
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