John Morley: “Turgot could only remonstrate; but the philosophic memorial in which he protested in favour of religious freedom and…”

But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.

He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.