The Passing of Empire

by H. Fielding

THE
PASSING OF EMPIRE

BY

H. FIELDING-HALL

AUTHOR OF "THE SOUL OF A PEOPLE"
"THE HEARTS OF MEN," ETC.

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God"—that
is to say by ideas

LONDON
HURST & BLACKETT, LTD.
PATERNOSTER HOUSE, E.C.
1913

PREFACE

Most people when they talk of India, most books when they treat of India, are concerned with its differences from the rest of the world. It is the appearance and the dress of its peoples, their customs and habits, their superstitions and religions, that are explained and wondered at.

That is not so here. In this book little or nothing is said of any of these matters; they do not interest me; they are superficial, and I do not care for surface things; they are what divide, and truth is what unites.