It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern,—a class of persons Indian in blood and colour, but English in tastes, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.


Minute on Education (1835).

Minute on Education (1835) by Thomas Babington Macaulay[columbia.edu]

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may ...

It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may ...

It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may ...

It is impossible for us, with our limited means, to attempt to educate the body of the people. We must at present do our best to form a class who may ...