“...Of the Hindu, of whatever caste, it may be said, as of the poet, nascitur non fit . His birth status is unalterable. But with the Sikh the exact reverse is the case. Born of a Sikh father, he is… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“The children of the mountains are too free and independent to bear with any patience the restraints of civilization.” — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“Even in the palmiest days of the Khalsa it is astonishing how small a proportion of the Punjab population was of the Sikh profession. The fierce fanaticism of the earlier years of the century was succeeded by the unequalled military organisation of the Maharaja, and these together enabled a people who were never numerically more than a sect of Hinduism… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share
“...if we accept contemporary literature as sufficient evidence, the society of Paris today is fully as corrupt as that of the Punjab in 1830;… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“Fakir Azizuddin. He was one of the ablest and certainly the most honest of all Ranjit Singh's courtiers. Azizuddin was of so engaging a… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“The children of the mountains are too free and independent to bear with any patience the restraints of civilization. But the Sikh is always… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“...the strong attractive force of Hinduism, which, in days of peace, when martial instincts have less influence, retains its hold of the people. Its… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
“...Of the Hindu, of whatever caste, it may be said, as of the poet, nascitur non fit . His birth status is unalterable. But… — Lepel H. Griffin Copy Share Image
