Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s1.49

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² “ The moral consequence of a pedigree,” says Hume, “ is differently marked by the influence of law and custom. The male sex is deemed more noble than the female. The association of our ideas pursues the regular descent of honour and estates from father to son, and their wives, however essential, are considered only in the light of foreign auxiliaries ” (Essays, vol. ii. p. 192). Not unlike the Rajput axiom, though more coarsely expressed ; “ It is, who planted the tree, not where did it grow,” that marks his idea of the comparative value of the side whence honours originate ; though purity of blood in both lines is essential.