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chap, vi.] GOD BLESS THE QUEEN!
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With regard to the present position of the Parsis,
it may be said that they are well launched on the
path of progress. With the advent of British power
in India better and brighter days dawned for them.
With the rise of that power have they risen from
poverty and oppression to security and wealth. Upon
that power they depend and implicitly rely. It has
developed again in their race those high qualities
which history attributes to their early ancestors.
With its aid they have been able to help and relieve
their oppressed brethren in a distant land. To it
they owe everything, and from it they hope to gain
still more. Can it then be wondered at that loyalty
—consistent, deep, and abiding loyalty—coupled
with a touching reverence and affection for the royal
family, has become a part of the Parsi nature, almost
a part of the Parsi religion % so that with one consent
the whole community daily prays " God bless the
Queen!"
295
With regard to the present position of the Parsis,
it may be said that they are well launched on the
path of progress. With the advent of British power
in India better and brighter days dawned for them.
With the rise of that power have they risen from
poverty and oppression to security and wealth. Upon
that power they depend and implicitly rely. It has
developed again in their race those high qualities
which history attributes to their early ancestors.
With its aid they have been able to help and relieve
their oppressed brethren in a distant land. To it
they owe everything, and from it they hope to gain
still more. Can it then be wondered at that loyalty
—consistent, deep, and abiding loyalty—coupled
with a touching reverence and affection for the royal
family, has become a part of the Parsi nature, almost
a part of the Parsi religion % so that with one consent
the whole community daily prays " God bless the
Queen!"