Friday, January 3, 2003

Theology In Extremis: Or A Soliloquy That May Have Been Delivered In India, June, 1857 Comments

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"They would have spared life to any of their English prisoners who should consent to profess Mahometanism, by repeating the usual short formula; but only one half-caste cared to save himself in that way." -- Extract from an Indian newspaper.


MORITURUS LOQUITUR.
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Alfred Comyn Lyall
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Dr Antony Theodore 04 September 2019

Now do I see old tales are true, Here in the clutch of a savage foe; Now shall I know what my fathers knew, Bodily anguish and bitter woe, Naked and bound in the strong sun's glare, Far from my civilized easy-chair... full of emotions and truth.. tony

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