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Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.s3.26

Civil Disobedience in Indian Tradition, with Some Early Nineteenth Century Documents c5.s3.26

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c5.s3.26

The cause of this precariousness is, that our power does not rest on actual strength, but on impression. Our whole real strength consists in the European regiments, speaking comparatively, that are scattered singly over the vast space of subjugated India. That is the only portion of our soldiery whose hearts are with us, and whose constancy can he relied on in the hour of trial.