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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.

Thomas B. Macaulay
Mean, Class, People
"Minute by the Hon'ble T. B. Macaulay, dated the 2nd February 1835". "Bureau of Education. Selections from Educational Records, Part I (1781-1839)" edited by H. Sharp, Reprint. Delhi: National Archives of India, www.columbia.edu. 1965.
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.