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practical operations and results. When certain things occur before us we have all a natural or trained impulse to act in a certain manner towards them; when this impulse comes the mind begins to think about the situation; sometimes it thinks that it is good to act in a particular manner under the given conditions, at other times it thinks that it is wrong to act in the same manner even in the very same circumstances. The ordinary idea of duty everywhere is that every good man follows
the dictates of his own mind, or conscience as it · is more frequently characterised. · But what is it
that makes an act a duty ? If a Christian finds a piece of beef before him and does not eat it to save his own life, or will not give it to save the life of another man, he is sure to feel that he has not done his duty. But if a Hindu dares to eat that piece of beef 'or to give it to another Hindu, * he is equally sure to feel that, he too has not done his duty; the Hindu's training and education make him feel that way. In the last century there were recognised bands of robbers in India
