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... hold opinions . I was convinced that our close - border system , varied by occasional purdah - lifting expeditions , conducted on ultra - humanitarian principles , which cause the least possible loss to the enemy at the greatest ...
... hold opinions . I was convinced that our close - border system , varied by occasional purdah - lifting expeditions , conducted on ultra - humanitarian principles , which cause the least possible loss to the enemy at the greatest ...
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... hold Afghanistan , the region intervening between vening Russia and them , is a fact recognised by both Powers , as well as by the Afghans themselves . Whether it would be wise for either to do so is a question on which there is still ...
... hold Afghanistan , the region intervening between vening Russia and them , is a fact recognised by both Powers , as well as by the Afghans themselves . Whether it would be wise for either to do so is a question on which there is still ...
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... better , purer , and less selfish than that of any other governing Power in the world . Though physically , no doubt , our hold over India is now stronger than it ever was before , sentimentally it is ASIATIC NEIGHBOURS .
... better , purer , and less selfish than that of any other governing Power in the world . Though physically , no doubt , our hold over India is now stronger than it ever was before , sentimentally it is ASIATIC NEIGHBOURS .
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... hold upon India is a question on which there is much difference of opinion . So far , education has distinctly failed to promote a feeling of loyalty to the Queen- Empress and her Viceroy in India . quence Under our English system of ...
... hold upon India is a question on which there is much difference of opinion . So far , education has distinctly failed to promote a feeling of loyalty to the Queen- Empress and her Viceroy in India . quence Under our English system of ...
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... hold of such a ruler over the subject population was never strong . Hence village communities and tribal groups retained cohesion and even autonomy . Thus in India there never was under our predecessors centralisation as in Russia ...
... hold of such a ruler over the subject population was never strong . Hence village communities and tribal groups retained cohesion and even autonomy . Thus in India there never was under our predecessors centralisation as in Russia ...
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