Essays on Indian Economics: A Collection of Essays Speeches: Second Edition

In the beginning of this year before a similar I gathering in Bombay, a master-hand sketched the outlines of the influence of Nature on Literature and Politics, and in a, few bold touches showed how, from time to time, the aberrations and evil tendencies observable in English thought and action were counteracted and corrected by an appeal to, and a diligent Study of, the standard of Nature—the Final Source of all True Knowledge, and the only Guide to wise conduct. The same master-hand drew also the moral to be learned from such a Study,— the moral being that our growth could only be in strict correspondence to our aptitudes and surroundings, and that we should be on our guard against precipitation and hot-house Culture, which can never lead to permanently beneficial results.