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Word: memsahib (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1932-1932
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...temper of the world has changed and left behind it the Victorian sensibilities which Kipling pleased, life as he painted it remains, and with it the appeal and pertinence of his wisdom. The compassion with which he tells how Gadsby Memsahib walked through the Valley of the Shadow, and the open-minded acceptance of the metem-psychosis of Charlie Mears, are good in a modern day of sceptical worldliness. Even the Prime Minister might get a better glimpse of the soul of Mother India through the enlightenment of Pagett, M.P. But that is another story...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAN WHO WAS | 4/22/1932 | See Source »

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