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'That is of all the men you see examined in our courts, you think the
most come under the class of those who will, under the influence of
strong motives, tell lies if they have not the Koran or Ganges water
in their hands?'
'Yes.'
'But do not a great many of those, whom you consider to be included
among the second class, come from the village communities--the
peasantry of the country?'
'Yes.'
'And do you not think that the greatest part of those men who tell
lies in the court, under the influence of strong motives, unless they
bear the Koran or Ganges water in their hands, would refuse to tell
lies, if questioned before the people of their villages among the
circle in which they live?'
'Of course I do; three-fourths of those who do not scruple to lie in
our courts, would be ashamed to be before their neighbours, or the
elders of their village.'
'You think that the people of the village communities are more
ashamed to tell lies before their neighbours than the people of
towns?'
'Much more[10] here is no comparison.'
'And the people of towns and cities bear in India but a small
proportion to the people of the village communities?'
'I should think a very small proportion indeed.
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