It may be that the public mind of India may expand under our system till it has outgrown that system; that by good government we may educate our subj… - Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. The former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable.

That wonderful book <nowiki>[</nowiki>The Pilgrim's Progress<nowiki>]</nowiki>, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple to admire it.

Let us remember that the government and the society act and react on each other. Sometimes the government is in advance of the society, and hurries the society forward. So urged, the society gains on the government, comes up with the government, outstrips the government, and begins to insist that the government shall make more speed. If the government is wise, it will yield to that just and natural demand. The great cause of revolutions is this, that, while nations move onward, constitutions stand still. The peculiar happiness of England is that here, through many generations, the constitution has moved onward with the nation.