THE TWO UNRESTS 201 



educated Indians a sense of undue subordination 

 to an alien race. The position was admirably 

 summed up by Sir Krishna Gupta in a lecture 

 delivered in England in 1911: " While there is a 

 growing consciousness in India of the inevitable 

 drawbacks of alien rule, there is also a widespread 

 conviction that national salvation can be attained 

 under the fostering care and guidance of Britain. 

 The best minds among the Indians eagerly gaze 

 towards the goal bringing her on the level of the 

 self-governing Colonies, so that she may take her 

 place in the Empire not as a mere dependency 

 but on terms of equality and co-ordination." 



Using the term " unrest " in its usual accepta- 

 tion, I think it may justly be held that unrest 

 divides itself into two classes : impulsive unrest and 

 resultant unrest. I cannot think of more suitable 

 definitions. 



The first is often difficult to account for. It is 

 generally the outcome of that peculiar " sudden 

 impulse " which resulted in the Crusades, in the 

 migration of certain Russian religious communities 

 and in unexpected revolts often arising out of 

 trivialities. The second is very different. It is 

 usually the effect of prolonged and often mis- 

 directed thought, tending to dwell upon and de- 

 velop a sense of injury. 



In a population comprising hundreds of millions 

 the ground is fallow for the development of both 

 classes of unrest and both must be anticipated. 

 They will raise their head at times, and in all 

 probability for all time in the East to an even 

 greater extent than in the West. 



It is most important, therefore, not to be carried 



