This marked the line of cleavage between moderates and extremists in the native party of reform. It was no question of the terrible military mutiny of half a century ago repeating itself, the danger arose from a mutiny, not of sepoys about greased cartridges, but of educated men armed with modern ideas supplied from the noblest arsenals and proudest trophies of English literature and English oratory. Official persons of high station and responsibility assured the new Viceroy that the political change within the last dozen years was enormous, and though the mass of the people remained ignorant and unmoved, it would be a fatal mistake to suppose that the change was confined to the preachings of political agitators. The fairly educated Indians were thoroughly dissatisfied with the old order of things. The victories of Japan, the revolutionary movements in Turkey, China, Persia, did not pass unobserved. A new and ominous suspicion that England had come to a stop in her liberating mission made way."
मोर्ले साहेबांची घमेंड पहा. ते म्हणतात कीं, इंग्लंड स्वातंत्र्यदानाच्या व्रतापासून च्युत होत चाललें असें हिंदुस्तानांतील लोकांस वाटू लागलें आहे. जणूं अद्यापपावेतों इंग्लंड आपलें व्रत चालवीतच होते! कॉलरिज या कवीनें १०० वर्षापूर्वी म्हटले आहे:-
"We have offended, oh! my countrymen!
We have offended very grievously,
And been most tyrannous. From east to west
A groan of accusation pierces Heaven!
The wretched plead against us, multitudes
Countless and vehement, the sons of God,
Our brethren like a cloud that travels on,
