Lord Clive : The Foundation of British Rule in India

India is the world's cradle; thence it is, that the common mother in sending forth her children even to the utmost West, has in unfading testimony of our origin bequeathed us the legacy of her language, her laws, her morale her literature, and her religion. Traversing Persia, Arabia, Egypt, and even forcing their way to the cold and cloudy North, far from the sunny soil of their birth ; in vain they may forget their point of departure, their skin may remain brown, or become white from contact wi