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... classes . Down to the commencement of the present century we used to make enough clothes , not only to meet our own demands , but also to export a good portion of them . Our export trade then consis- ted mainly of manufactured cotton ...
... classes . Down to the commencement of the present century we used to make enough clothes , not only to meet our own demands , but also to export a good portion of them . Our export trade then consis- ted mainly of manufactured cotton ...
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... classes from all parts of the country are becoming impover- ished ...... Agriculture is everywhere expanding at the expense of manufacturing industry . " Large towns with urban populations have dwindled into inconsiderable villages . It ...
... classes from all parts of the country are becoming impover- ished ...... Agriculture is everywhere expanding at the expense of manufacturing industry . " Large towns with urban populations have dwindled into inconsiderable villages . It ...
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... conditions ; and that were a furrow - turning plough used , the result would be to lose a great deal of the precious moisture . " So the out - look for our agricultural classes is indeed very gloomy . Large numbers of impoverished artisans.
... conditions ; and that were a furrow - turning plough used , the result would be to lose a great deal of the precious moisture . " So the out - look for our agricultural classes is indeed very gloomy . Large numbers of impoverished artisans.
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... classes are far from prosperous ; indeed , they are already much de- pressed . One season of drought is enough to produce widespread distress . Our labouring classes have also been largely recruited from the artisan population . They ...
... classes are far from prosperous ; indeed , they are already much de- pressed . One season of drought is enough to produce widespread distress . Our labouring classes have also been largely recruited from the artisan population . They ...
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... classes has been gradually intensified to a most appal ling extent . The death - rate appears to have been ... class is no better than that of the mass of the people ; probably it is worse . They are all but excluded from the higher ...
... classes has been gradually intensified to a most appal ling extent . The death - rate appears to have been ... class is no better than that of the mass of the people ; probably it is worse . They are all but excluded from the higher ...
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Page 237 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 237 - But an evil day came upon us. Your forefathers crossed the great water and landed on this island. Their numbers were small. They found friends and not enemies. • They told us they had fled from their own country for fear of wicked men, and had come here to enjoy their religion. They asked for a small seat.
Page 137 - We can only say, folly is an illness for which there is na medicine, and the Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs, no nation like theirs, no kings like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs.
Page 228 - It is a condition in which the food, warmth, and clothing, which are necessary for the mere maintenance of the functions of the body in their normal state, cannot be obtained ; in which men, women, and children are forced to crowd into dens wherein decency is abolished, and the most ordinary conditions of healthful existence are impossible of attainment ; in which the pleasures within reach are reduced to...
Page 137 - ... the Hindus believe that there is no country but theirs, no nation like theirs, no kings like theirs, no religion like theirs, no science like theirs. They are haughty, foolishly vain, selfconceited, and stolid. They are by nature niggardly in communicating that which they know, and they take the greatest possible care to withhold it from men of another caste among their own people, still much more, of course, from any foreigner.
Page 147 - Musalman on the Ramazan. Who formed the remaining months and days, that you should venerate but one ? If the Creator dwell in tabernacles, whose dwelling is the universe...
Page 227 - I do not think there is any exact English equivalent. It is a condition in which the food, warmth and clothing which are necessary for the mere maintenance of the functions of the body in their normal state cannot be obtained ; in which men, women and children are forced to crowd into dens wherein decency is abolished and the most ordinary conditions of healthful existence are impossible of attainment ; in which the pleasures within reach are reduced to bestiality and drunkenness; in...
Page 173 - Jehan reigned not so much as a King over his subjects, but rather as a father over his family and children.
Page 131 - Mahmud utterly ruined the prosperity of the country and performed there wonderful exploits, by which the Hindus became like atoms of dust scattered in all directions and like a tale of old in the mouth of the people.
Page 237 - Brother, our seats were once large, and yours were very small ; you have now become a great people, and we have scarcely a place left to spread our blankets; you have got our country, but are not satisfied; you want to force your religion upon us.