In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.
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Nationality: Scottish Type: Philosopher Born: June 20, 1723 Death: February 22, 1816 |
Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.

