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CCCXXXIII 



There are two things I really care about— one is 

 the progress of scientific thought, and the other is 

 the bettering of the condition of the masses of the 

 people by bettering them in the way of lifting them- 

 selves out of the misery which has hitherto been the 

 lot of the majority of them. Posthumous fame is 

 not particularly attractive to me, but, if I am to be 

 remembered at all, I would rather it should be as 

 "a man who did his best to help the people" than 

 by other title. 



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I am of opinion that our Indian Empire is a curse 

 to us. But so long as we make up our minds to 

 hold it, we must also make up our minds to do those 

 things which are needful to hold it effectually, and 

 in the long-run it will be found that so doing is real 

 justice both for ourselves, our subject population, 

 and the Afghans themselves. 



cccxxxv 



The great thing in the world is not so much to 

 seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. 



CCCXXXVi 



The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind 

 the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure 

 that it is truth. 



CCCXXXVII 



Your astonishment at' the tenacity of life of fallacies, 

 permit me to say, is shockingly unphysiological. 

 They, like other low organisms, are independent of 



