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121 across the Eastern and Western hemisplieres; and the natives, in their regeneration, pass a portion of their lives amid the enlightening influences of European nations; and caste-superstitions have become humbugs of the past; and the representatives, or M.P.’s, of the Empire take their seats in the national assemblies, — generations yet unborn may see Imperial India, linked arm-in-arm to her foster parent — Old England — taking her place among the foremost realms of the earth, as one of the most marvellous Empires that the world has ever known. 