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they preserve their purity and independence. It must also be borne in mind that, if the few cultivated languages of the ancient world such as the Egyptian, the Sumerian, the Hebrew, the Sanscrit, the Greek, the Latin and so on, it is, Tamil alone that still lives by being spoken and written by more than twenty million people all over this Globe. Because of this undying vitality, Tamil requires from her sons that care and vigilance which would keep it ever pure undefiled by extinct extraneous elements which, like parasites, seek to live upon living tongues.
Next to that, all Tamils must abandon worshipping the multitudinous gods and goddesses and deified heroes and return to the montheistic belief of their ancestors and worship only the one almighty God Siva with the divine mother Uma.
Finally, the Tamils must take note British government is the only best government which has been directed by Providence to rule impartially over all the Indian peoples who are torn by endless caste distinctions, and irreconcilable racial and religious differences. Each section of the Indian people is dominated by its own self- interest to the detriment of every other section. No one of them, however enlightened, can occupy an important place in the government without seeking the interest of his own community and ignoring that of others. Therefore, in all responsible posts the British people alone must be appointed, since they alone can do full and impartial justice to all the different classes and communities of the Indian people. No place of importance must be left to be occupied by any Hindu- here I except Muslims and Christians - for the Hindu administration ends, as we have recently seen in the dire distress and dissatisfaction of the people. Moreover, government by the ruling class alone is less expensive, less troublesome and more profitable. Until the people are educated at least fifty percent, until they are made to realize the responsibility they bear to each other in the social and political situations, until they learn to consolidate their interests rising above baneful caste and racial claims, they must not be suffered to bear the burden of self-government or any
