Fall of the Mughal Empire v4.c59.s4.5

v4.c59.s4.5

This Renaissance was at first an intellectual awakening, and it influenced our education, thought, literature and art; but in the second generation (1840-1870) it became a moral force and set itself to reforming our society and religion. It began with our study of English literature and modern philosophy from books written in the English language, that is, with what is called higher or college education, as distinct from the mere knowledge of English for the work of clerks or interpreters to the British officers.