The Scottish Churches College Magazine. January 1915

The departure of the juniors during these days of trial arises from pure benvolence of course and is accompanied by the feeling-that the loss of lectures which this devotion to the interests of otherS derriands is one of the sacrifices of their lives. [...] A true explanation is rather to be sought in the general consciousness amongst the Indian people of the actual and potential benefits of the British connection and in the reasoned conviction of the educated classes"145 that the continuance of that connection for many years to come iabsolutzly nessaiy for Indian national self-realisation that it is only under the aegis of the British Crow [...] There is no one among"151 you or for the matter of that in India to whom the war will not be full of lessons of the highest value with its demonstrations of power and resources of the Empire with its thrilling exploits of valour and self-sacrifice with the unbounded devotion to duty exemplified alike in the life of the illustrious general who with his weight of 82 years could not resist the c [...] But in the midst of the tragic scenes at the close of the book the buoyant lo-ve of Maggie bursts forth and rushes to the help of Tom. [...] The one tells you how the earth whirls and moves on how the gem-set rain-bow is but a creation of droplets of rain how the thunder and the lightning shew the awful play of the earth and the clouds and are not the monopoly of Jupiter but are meant for man's service.