...is preferable to the false and dangerous meteor which shines only to betray. The assertion that, " if India could only be preserved as a part of the...would be a curse to the country, and ought to cease," is a striking instance of the looseness and vagueness which pervade the entire composition. If England...

...that, whatever may be the consequence. it is our duty to communicate the benefits of knowledge. Ii India could only be preserved as a part of the British...a curse to the country, and ought to cease. But I sec more ground for just apprehension in ignorance itself. I look to the increase of knowledge, with...

...principles which ought to govern the administration of our empire in the East. " ' If,' he said in 1835, ' their argument be that the spread of knowledge may...apprehension in ignorance itself. I look to the increase ol knowledge, with a hope that it may strengthen our empire ; that it may remove prejudices, soften...

...prove that " the essence of good government is to cover the land with darkness," he proceed to say: — "If their argument be, that the spread of knowledge...would be a curse to the country, and ought to cease. * After speaking of the fallacy of the opinion that a free press was incompatible with the character...

...gives to the powers of the mind. If their argument be that the spread of knowledge may be eventually fatal to our rule in India, I close with them on that...would be a curse to the country, and ought to cease." .It may be said that the licentiousness, the abuse and vituperative tone, and the seditious spirit...

...communicate the benefits of knowledge. If India could be preserved as a of the British Empire only by keeping its inhabitants in a state of ignorance,...our domination would be a curse to the country, and 6ught to cease. But I see more ground for just apprehension in ignorance itself. I look to the increase...

...testimony to the sentiments that impelled him. In reply to an address presented to him, he said: " If their argument be that the spread of knowledge...would be a curse to the country and ought to cease It cannot be that we are permitted, by divine authority, to be here merely to collect the revenues...

...communicate the benefits of knowledge. If India could be preserved as a part of the British Empire only by keeping its inhabitants in a state of ignorance,...would be a curse to the country, and ought to cease." He went on, indeed, to argue that our rule was endangered by ignorance rather than by knowledge ; but...

...freedom of the press. "If India," he said, "could be preserved as a part of the British Empire only by keeping its inhabitants in a state of ignorance,...would be a curse to the country and ought to cease." Such ideas were not approved by the company's directors, and Metcalfe resigned in 1838. In the next...

...knowledge. If India could be preserved as a part of the British Empire only by keeping its inhabitant* in a state of ignorance, our domination would be a curse to the country, and ought to cease." He went on, indeed, to argue that our rule was endangered by ignorance rather than by knowledge; but...