Gentlemen, I have told you what the ideal is according to my view, and
I ask you to set about working it out. But you must not be negligent
of the difficulties that lie in your way. And the first and foremost
of these difficulties is the agitation of the Anglo-Indians who have
formed themselves into the European Association for the purpose of
trying their best to defeat the noble object of the Government of India
(Shame, shame). Gentlemen, so far as the Government is concerned,
it has declared its policy openly and clearly and if the European
Association sets itself against this noble desire of the Government
of this country it would be our clear duty to stand against the
mischievous activity of the Association. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I
have dealt with their speeches and the absurdly exaggerated claims
which they have made, at other places. I do not desire to repeat them
again but you will find that these speeches are all couched in violent
language and sobriety and judgment is conspicuous by its absence in
almost all the utterances made at that meeting in Calcutta.