If India to-morrow became a self-governing Colony--disorder would still have to be put down with an iron hand; I do not know and I do not care, to whom these gentlemen propose to hand over the charge of governing India.
Morley argues that even in a self-governing India, the need for maintaining order would persist regardless of who governs.
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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.
Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.
Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?
They hope to attract that good will which must, after all, be the real foundation of our prosperity and strength in India.
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