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\n\tCALCUTTA, July 5th, 1907 }
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\nTry Again
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\nThe announcement “authoritatively” made by the Hindu Patriot <\/i>that the Ranchi College modified scheme has been finally
\nsanctioned by the Government of India, reminds us of how the example of a spider succeeding on the seventh attempt to fix
\nits web in the proper place resuscitated the drooping ambition of Robert the Bruce. In the present case too the
\nLieutenant-Governor of Bengal has, through sheer perseverance, succeeded in making the Government of India accept his proposal and
\nthus relieve the revenues of Bengal of an unnecessary superfluity. The policy of the Government seems to have undergone a
\nsea-change. Even Sir Alexander Mackenzie protested against the Government of India appropriating the surpluses. Referring to
\nthe Quinquennial Contract he said, “The provincial sheep is thrown on its back and shorn of its wool, and then left to shiver
\nin the cold till its fleece grows again.” And here the triumph of tenacity indicates the adoption of a policy which advocates
\nspending\u2014 profitably or unprofitably\u2014 of surpluses, so as to give the Government renewed opportunities to tax the people
\nand thus cripple their resources further. We ourselves have no interest in these things; and if we cannot feel “glad” like the
\nHindu Patriot<\/i>, we cannot also feel indignant like the Bengalee<\/i> or sorry like the
\nPatrika<\/i>. The education that the Government
\nimparts is bad in quality and worse in spirit; it is ruinous to the intellect, the physique and the morale of the race and the money
\nspent on it is worse than wasted. But then over such misuse of their money the people have no control, and till they secure such
\ncontrol, it is useless to protest from the Press or the platform. The root of the evil lies deeper and to remove it we must go to
\nthe root. Mere lopping of branches will not do.   
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