In other words, one of the most certain results of pursuing the spirited foreign policy in Europe, which is so dear to the Imperialist or Bombastic school, would be to bring about that disintegration of the Empire which the same school regard as the crown of national disaster.
Morley critiques the imperialist foreign policy, suggesting it could lead to the disintegration of the Empire, which he views as a national disaster.
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Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.
We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.
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.
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