What is the Truth behind Lord Macaulay speech ?(another version)

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That quote appears a whopping 9 times on Google, one of the times being this question. It tends to be followed by the statement that this is

Available in the archives to genuine researchers. Not for followers of the "If it cannot be Googled it did not happen" doctrine.

It's quite obvious that this is the same quote as the first quote, but avoiding these modern terms that made the first quote such an obvious fake.

However, this new quote may use language that fits better with the times, but it uses them in an incorrect way and with almost incomprehensible grammar.

I accept not apparent one getting

What's that's supposed to mean? It only becomes comprehensible once you realize that this is an attempt to remake the earlier quote in a more older language.

The thing is of course the Macaulay didn't make a speech in 1935, and his Minute on education does not contain the quote. It's quite obviously an attempt to render the original fake quote in an older language, but it's a very bad attempt. And even if it would have been a good attempt, it still begs the question why the quote first floated around the internet is a more modern version.

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