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British rule necessitated the growth of the bourgeois, British

policy fostered it, and the plant grew so swiftly because a

forcing-house had been created for his rapid cultivation and

the soil was kept suitably shallow and the air made warm and

humid for his needs. . . The Pax Britannica was his parent

and an easy servitude nursed him into maturity.

~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 7: 1098