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John Morley: “Much of this movement arises from the fact that there is now a large body of educated Indians who have been fed, at our…”

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Much of this movement arises from the fact that there is now a large body of educated Indians who have been fed, at our example and our instigation, upon some of the great teachers and masters of this country, Milton, Burke, Macaulay, Mill, and Spencer.
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John Morley

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Morley highlights the influence of Western thinkers on educated Indians.

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