The Indians will, I hope, soon stand in the same position towards us in which we once stood towards the Romans.
Source, in full
On The Education Of The People Of India" 1838 Chapter 7, The Political Tendency of the different System of Education in use in India. in Shourie, Arun (1994). Missionaries in India: Continuities, changes, dilemmas. New Delhi : Rupa & Co, 1994