"Santal" Quotes from Famous Books
... truth;" and Major Jervis says, "the Santals are the most truthful men I ever met with." As a remarkable instance of this quality the following fact is given. A number of prisoners, taken during the Santal insurrection, were allowed to go free on parole, to work at a certain spot for wages. After some time cholera attacked them and they were obliged to leave, but every man of them returned and gave up his earnings to the guard. ... — Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection - A Series of Essays • Alfred Russel Wallace |