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| | Indian Life in Town and Country: Chapter 14 |
 | | The service is recruited by competitive examination open to all, and brains, or to speak more correctly, cramming, wins its way to the front. |
 | | Gentle birth is no longer an essential for employ in the service of the Indian Government, and you may, and sometimes do, find a tradesman’s son in the ranks of the select service. |
 | | He is a soldier in what is called “civil employ,” and whilst retaining his military rank, is to all intents and purposes, except pay, and the privilege of the initials, an Indian civilian. |
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