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Surely it is a mistake in us not to realise that these masters should have mighty force and irresistible influence.
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John Morley
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gutenberg.orgSurely it is a mistake in us not to realise that these masters should have mighty force and irresistible influence.
Morley emphasizes the importance of recognizing the influence of great thinkers on Indian society.
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An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
Inspire him with the desire of pleasing; he will soon know more of the art than all the masters could teach him.
If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.