A History of the Mahrattas v2.c53.19

v2.c53.19

² [Cornwallis was a complete wreck when he accepted the appointment of Governor-General for the second time. ‘He was no longer the man,’ writes Dr. Smith, ‘who fifteen years earlier had sprung to arms in order to defend distant Travancore. He had come to regard almost the worst peace as better than the best war, and was willing to list n to the pleasant words of admirers who hailed him as the saviour of India.’ (O.H.I., p. 608.)]