. Indian life in town and country . of a nation of was when, like the Jews in England, theyknew what it was to have sound teeth keep their teeth in their heads now, and be-gin to show them. Especially the money-lenders,who are a distinct power in the land; for much ofit is mortgaged to them, and they are rack-renters,more hated than absentee landlords in has often been shrewdly said that if there wereanother rebellion in India the first thing to beconsigned to the flames would be the books andarchives of the usurers. As for the labourer he is what he
. Indian life in town and country . of a nation of was when, like the Jews in England, theyknew what it was to have sound teeth keep their teeth in their heads now, and be-gin to show them. Especially the money-lenders,who are a distinct power in the land; for much ofit is mortgaged to them, and they are rack-renters,more hated than absentee landlords in has often been shrewdly said that if there wereanother rebellion in India the first thing to beconsigned to the flames would be the books andarchives of the usurers. As for the labourer he is what he ever was, amechanical, patient, ambitionless toiler, whomnor conquests nor social revolutions can put outof gear. He bows his head and bends his backand struggles along in the old groove, using thesame primitive tools as his ancestors and employ-ing the same crude methods. The crusted con-servatism of this caste is second only to that ofthe Brahmins. The pride of the priest finds itscounterpoise in the humility of the proletariat,. %
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