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The following was printed in the newspaper “The Nation” on August 9, 1900. Special thanks to the Molinari Institute for preserving this essay.

As the nineteenth century draws to its close it is impossible not to contrast the political ideals now dominant…

Source : Bartleby

MY lords, you have now heard the principles on which Mr. Hastings governs the part of Asia subjected to the British Empire. Here he has declared his opinion that he is a despotic prince; that…