"What, then, shall that language [of education in India] be? [Some] maintain that it should be the English. The other half strongly recommend Arabic and Sanskrit. [sic] The whole question seems to me to be, which language is the best worth knowing? . . . It is, I believe, no exaggeration to say, that all the historical information which has been collected from all the books written in the Sanskrit language is less valuable than what may be found in the most paltry abridgements [short textbooks] used at preparatory schools in England." —Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Lord Macaulay’s Minute," 1835 Although rule by the British brought peace and stability to India, the Indian people also suffered under the British. Analyze what the above quotation implies about the way the British treated the Indian people. Then explain how most people would react to such treatment. Think of how the British might have avoided the Indian people’s reactions and give one or two examples.