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the people as expressed in their public press, their conventions, and espe- 
cially their very able and widely representative Indian National Congress. 
Above all, let the Government give to the people a share, and a 
steadily increasing share, in their own local, municipal, provincial, and 
national governments, and thus put into their hand some real power of 
self-protection, which is the only safety for any people. 
In a word, let it be the ambition of Great Britain, not to keep India 
under her feet, but to lift her up to England’s side, as she has done Canada 
and Australia. Then, but not before, will prosperity begin to take the 
place of impoverishment and famine, and a new day will dawn for the 
Indian people. 
