A History of Sanskrit Literature c22.287

c22.287

“With the spirit of his work it is impossible to disagree. M. Proal’s aim is to show that the successes of political immorality are fleeting; that principle is superior to expediency; that audacity is dangerous; that unprincipled politics are pagan politics, and detrimental to progress of society; that a return to principles and moral beliefs and the substitution of ideas for appetites are the true remedy of that hideous malady—political corruption. . . . A careful reading leaves the reader convinced of the truth of the proposition, that the only successful policy in the art of government is a moral policy.”—*Independent.*