Men Who Have Made The Empire Classic Reprint

Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364642955
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Some American Opinions on the Indian Empire (Classic Reprint) written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some American Opinions on the Indian Empire In India we encounter the most colossal example history affords of the successful administration by men of European blood of a thickly populated region in another continent. It is the greatest feat of the kind that has been performed Since the break up of the Roman Empire. Indeed, it is a greater feat than was performed under the Roman Empire. Unquestion ably mistakes have been made; it would indicate qualities literally superhuman if SO gigantic a, task had been accomplished without mistakes. It is easy enough to point out shortcomings, but the fact remains that the successful administration Of the Indian Empire by the English has been one Of the most notable and the most admirable achievements of the white race during the past two centuries. On the whole it has been for the immeasurable benefit of the nations of India themselves. Suffering has been caused in particular cases and at particular times to these natives much more Often, I believe, by well-intentioned ignorance or bad judg ment than by any moral obliquity. But on the whole there has been a far more resolute effort to secure fair treatment for the humble and the Oppressed during the days of English rule in India than during any other period of recorded India history. England does not draw a penny from India for English purposes; She Spends for India the revenues raised in India, and they are spent for the benefit of the Indians them selves. Undoubtedly India is a less pleasant place than formerly for the heads of tyrannical states. There is now little or no room in it for successful freebooter chieftains, for the despots who lived in gorgeous Splendour while under their cruel rule the immense mass of their countrymen festered in sodden misery. But the mass of the people has been and are far better Off than ever before, and far better Off than they would now be if English control were overthrown or withdrawn. Indeed, if English control were now withdrawn from India, the whole Peninsula would become a chaos Of bloodshed and violence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.