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Souls of a Good Quality and Other Papers

1919

The Church disciplined the nation in the fear of God which is the beginning of wisdom ; and in the parish schools of the Church the children learned that the chief end of man's life was to glorify God and to enjoy Him for ever—a doctrine"9 to which Hindoo and Mohammedan could alike suscribe. [...] Is it surprising if the people listen to the voice of the tempter ? India is the most lightly taxed country in the Empire but what is the lightness worth to the man with a broken back ? India is the brightest jewel in27 the British Crown but where is the brightness when the dimness is more visible than the lustre ? Under the British peace lies a mass of veiled violence and dull dead humanity a [...] If the "gradual building up" of the new supestructure is the safe line to follow why so hastily pull down the old ? If "nothing but time" can give the adequate strength why not take it ? Then as regards the constitution of the new Paliament of Men founded on the co-operation of the people it would seem to be modelled on the lines of the Parliament which is to meet shortly in Dublin (see [...] The principle on which the division of the surplus is made is laid down thus in the report :— If many buckets are dipping into one well and droughts cut short the supply of water oviously the chief proprietor of the well must take it upon himself to regulate the drawings." This was the system of finance in vogue in Scotland in the days of Rob Roy—that "They should take who have the power A [...] The Indian State consists mainly of myriads of small men who in the language of the report live in the silent depths"49 through which the cry of the Press of the platform never rings.
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Pages
88
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141772
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Frontmatter
1-4 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
Preface.
5-6 D.M. Hamilton view
Souls of a Good Quality
7-13 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Co-Operative Commonwealth.
14-22 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
Government and the Co-Operative Movement
23-29 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Colour Divine
30-41 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Spacious Days to Come.
42-52 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
India’s Banking Requirements
53-59 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Bengal Co-Operative Organisation Society
60-65 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Neglected Duty and the Onward March
66-74 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Paper Currency
75-76 D.M. Hamilton view
Extract From Walter Bagehot’s Lombard Street
77-79 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
Extract from Dunning Macleod’s Elements of Banking
80-83 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view
The Co-Operative Movement and Representative Government.
84-88 Daniel Mackinnon Hamilton view

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