Lights and Shades of the East: Or a Study of the Life of Baboo Harrischander and Passing Thoughts on India and Its People, Their Present and FutureAlliance Press, 1863 - 385 Seiten |
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... VII . IN WHAT RESPECTS WAS HARRIS A GREAT MAN ? A PERNICIOUS conception of greatness . - Genius and talents over - estimated by the world . — Another class of CONTENTS . heroes . - Heroes of the heart . xvi CONTENTS .
... VII . IN WHAT RESPECTS WAS HARRIS A GREAT MAN ? A PERNICIOUS conception of greatness . - Genius and talents over - estimated by the world . — Another class of CONTENTS . heroes . - Heroes of the heart . xvi CONTENTS .
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... talents , accomplishments , and patriotism . But where are we ? Are we in the social parade and joy of a rich Native family ? No ! -hush , and walk gently ; for we are in the very midst of the dark shadows of death , and are draw- ing ...
... talents , accomplishments , and patriotism . But where are we ? Are we in the social parade and joy of a rich Native family ? No ! -hush , and walk gently ; for we are in the very midst of the dark shadows of death , and are draw- ing ...
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... talents of an Abul Fazul or an Anvari , are , under the present levelling system , wrecked in the process of quill - driving , book - keeping , or thief - catching ! And Harris , having had the ill luck of being born and bred up under ...
... talents of an Abul Fazul or an Anvari , are , under the present levelling system , wrecked in the process of quill - driving , book - keeping , or thief - catching ! And Harris , having had the ill luck of being born and bred up under ...
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... talents find their way , and industry gets its reward ; where one has to command thousands on paper , or sparkle in Parliament . What have we here , in India , where the press is poor , people are illiterate , and superiors are so apt ...
... talents find their way , and industry gets its reward ; where one has to command thousands on paper , or sparkle in Parliament . What have we here , in India , where the press is poor , people are illiterate , and superiors are so apt ...
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... talents , his reputation , his life itself , on his romances . But this critical pass in life was signalised in the case of Harris with his entry into the service of the Military Auditor General . He had applied for an increase of only ...
... talents , his reputation , his life itself , on his romances . But this critical pass in life was signalised in the case of Harris with his entry into the service of the Military Auditor General . He had applied for an increase of only ...
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Agra amelioration ancient Arabic Arian Baboo Harrischander Bengal Bengal Presidency Bombay Bombay Presidency boys British British India Calcutta Caucasian race character circumstances civilisation colleges colonisation colportage commenced countrymen David Hare destiny East educa Elphinstone Elphinstone College Elphinstone Institution empire energy England English education Englishmen enlightenment Europe European fact feeling female France future German Goddess of Poverty Government Gujarati Harris heart Hindoo honour human ignorance impart influence instruction intellectual intelligence knowledge labour language learning literature Lord Lord Macaulay Madras Mahomedan mankind mass means ment mind modern moral nation Native nature Negro ness never object Parsee passed patriot political poor position present Presidency progress race Rammohun Roy religion render rise Roman Sanskrit sion social spirit success talents taste teachers thought tion tribes utter vernacular Warren Hastings whole writer Young India Zoroaster