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heathen, more fussy people fail because 

 they wish to ' set him right ' — to induce 

 the barbarian to become as they are. The 

 Englishman does not wish to set people 

 right. He is right : that suffices. It is 

 not possible for inferior races ever to be 

 like him ; it is better to let them wallow. . . . 

 The imperturbable Englishman is thus will- 

 ing to let you have your own way on all 

 non-essentials. His attitude, towards your 

 follies and ideals alike, is one of tolerant 

 contempt. So long as you are doing satis- 

 factorily the one thing that he wants of 

 you, the rest of your life is your own, and 

 you may fill it with caste divisions, religious 

 rows, national aspirations, societies for being 

 very proud of the fact that you are not 

 English, or ogre-worship. He will not 

 worry. Indeed he will, if that seem suit- 

 able to his purpose, subsidize your chief 

 priest of ogre-worship." 

 Since, with more knowledge, I have concluded 

 that that was, on the whole, accurate, if a little 

 rude. It does not represent the type of man 

 who would do a " feudal swagger ' among the 



