Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c18.s2.t1.52

v1.c18.s2.t1.52

But Englishmen in the east, as elsewhere, undervalue everything not national. They have been accustomed to conquest, not reverses: though it is only by studying the character of those around them that the latter can be avoided and this superiority maintained. Superficial observers imagine that from lengthened predatory spoliation the energy of the Rajput has fled: an idea which is at once erroneous and dangerous. The vices now manifest from oppression [196] with the cause, and with reviving prosperity new feelings will be generated, and each national tie and custom be strengthened. The Rajput would glory in putting on his saffron robes ² to fight for such a land, and for those who disinterestedly laboured to benefit it.