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Bad manners, overbearing manners are disagreeable in all countries: India is the only country where bad and overbearing manners are a political crime.
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John Morley
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Morley critiques the political implications of bad manners in India, highlighting its unique context.
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An Indian gentleman has been placed on the Council of the Viceroy--not an everyday transaction.
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.
This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.
To stint Ireland in power which might be necessary or desirable for the management of matters purely Irish, would be a great error; and if she was so stinted, the end that any such measure might contemplate could not be attained.
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