Five Mile Beach Journal, 1905

"Placid Hindoo Servants"

"Hindoo servants are the most imperturbable in the world. You may throw one downstairs or pat him on the back. He accepts both with exactly the same expression of countenance"

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"The Indian's religion is at the bottom of all his acts, all his feelings. He eats, sleeps, moves and has his being according to religious formula, and his doctrine of reincarnation forms his whole philosophy of life."
"The fact that you are the master now is due to the fact that you have been the servant in some previous reincarnation. He is the servant now, and the only chance for him to be reborn in the master's position is to learn all the lessons of his present incarnation"
"He takes everything philosophically. It is all part of the day's work"

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