It was time to put a stop to the growing idea that England ought to pay tribute to India as a kind of apology for having conquered her: & you have done it effectively. (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury)

It was time to put a stop to the growing idea that England ought to pay tribute to India as a kind of apology for having conquered her: & you have done it effectively.

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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