Expansion of England : by Sir John Robert Seeley published in 1883.
... Scientist —I object. Truth is a highly explosive substance. I am not sure that the police would not be justified in carrying it away as an incriminating document along with the Gita and Seeley's Expansion of England. Professor —And discussion and question on all questionable things, subjects or persons. Extremist, unpleasantly —Take care! That is obviously an innuendo, reference, allusion or metaphor ...
... prosecuting counsel did not hint that to bring Christianity or Mahomedanism into contempt or hatred is sedition. And we have these remarkable cases in the Punjab, where to translate Seeley's Expansion of England or Mr. Bryan's opinion of British rule in India seems to have a fair chance of being established as sedition. Mr. Stead's Review of Reviews is now known to be a seditious publication. We ...
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