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India and Tibet : vol.1 | |
インドとチベット : vol.1 |
334 THE RETURN
it was men, and not policies, which chiefly interested
him : human personalities rather than abstract principles.
He was himself, as all the world now knows, a generous
personality ; and not merely a great Sovereign, but a great
man. No one I have ever met has given me such an
impression of abounding vitality and warm - blooded
humanity,' full and overflowing. And I left his august
presence not only rewarded, but re-inspired.
Through the kindness of H.R.H. Princess Christian, who
informed His Majesty of my wish, the flag* which I had
with me throughout the Mission, which was carried before
me on every march, which was planted before my tent in
camp, which was flown over the Mission quarters at
Gyantse, and which was placed on the table on which the
Treaty was signed at Lhasa, was deposited in Windsor Ri
Castle, and by His Majesty's express commands was hung i,
in the Central Hall over the statue of Queen Victoria.
* The flag known as a Viceroy's flag "— a Union Jack with a star in the middle and the motto Heaven's Light our Guide "—flown by
political officers in India. H
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