He wrote a polite retraction, as an apology of sorts for his harsh words.

Dixon advanced, and made two or three unlucky attempts at a speech; which his wife observing, she edged forwards, hoping madam would excuse him for being such a gawvison, for she was sure he meant no harm.

The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive.

It would have gradually demuslimized Muslim children by subjecting them to the philosophy that Hinduism and Islam were not too different and then exposing them to Hindu social influence and political domination.