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would be to expect, more than this Science contem- 

 plated accomplishing* more than was ever dreamt 

 of in the philosophy of its best and greatest masters. 

 Without stopping-, however, to draw any com- 

 parison between the conditions and circumstances of 

 Great Britain in the earlier stages of her commercial 

 development, and those of India in her present con- 

 dition, I will pass on to say, that Englishmen, 

 generally, in dealing 1 with the questions of the 

 nature of that under review, are too prone to adopt 

 a line of argument, and more unfortunately still, a 

 line of conduct, not very dissimilar to that which 

 when exhibited to them in the above light most 

 people of common sense will readily admit not to 

 be the wisest. In other words, forgetting altogether 

 what Mr. Mill so aptly terms the dynamics of Poli- 

 tical Economy, they are far too apt to look at 

 economic propositions affecting* India, from the 

 statical point of view. Now before sitting- down to 

 examine a great question connected with the welfare 

 and material progress of England from the Political 

 Economy point of view, there are an infinity of 

 things, peculiar to England, to be taken into accu- 

 rate account, if it be desired to obtain a result which 

 will exhibit the least possible amount of error. And 

 when we take into consideration, the enormous area, 

 the large population, the great number and diversity 

 of races and languages, the numerous divisions of 

 caste, the different stages of education and civiliza- 

 tion of its various provinces and districts, and count- 



