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From
the
age
of
ten
years
to
that
of
thirty
Prince
Dakkar
,
endowed
by
Nature
with
her
richest
gifts
of
intellect
,
accumulated
knowledge
of
every
kind
,
and
in
science
,
literature
,
and
art
his
researches
were
extensive
and
profound
.
He
traveled
over
the
whole
of
Europe
.
His
rank
and
fortune
caused
him
to
be
everywhere
sought
after
;
but
the
pleasures
of
the
world
had
for
him
no
attractions
.
Though
young
and
possessed
of
every
personal
advantage
,
he
was
ever
grave
--
somber
even
--
devoured
by
an
unquenchable
thirst
for
knowledge
,
and
cherishing
in
the
recesses
of
his
heart
the
hope
that
he
might
become
a
great
and
powerful
ruler
of
a
free
and
enlightened
people
.
Still
,
for
long
the
love
of
science
triumphed
over
all
other
feelings
.
He
became
an
artist
deeply
impressed
by
the
marvels
of
art
,
a
philosopher
to
whom
no
one
of
the
higher
sciences
was
unknown
,
a
statesman
versed
in
the
policy
of
European
courts
.
To
the
eyes
of
those
who
observed
him
superficially
he
might
have
passed
for
one
of
those
cosmopolitans
,
curious
of
knowledge
,
but
disdaining
action
;
one
of
those
opulent
travelers
,
haughty
and
cynical
,
who
move
incessantly
from
place
to
place
,
and
are
of
no
country
.
The
history
of
Captain
Nemo
has
,
in
fact
,
been
published
under
the
title
of
"
Twenty
Thousand
Leagues
Under
the
Sea
.
"
Here
,
therefore
,
will
apply
the
observation
already
made
as
to
the
adventures
of
Ayrton
with
regard
to
the
discrepancy
of
dates
.
Readers
should
therefore
refer
to
the
note
already
published
on
this
point
.
This
artist
,
this
philosopher
,
this
man
was
,
however
,
still
cherishing
the
hope
instilled
into
him
from
his
earliest
days
.
Prince
Dakkar
returned
to
Bundelkund
in
the
year
1849
.
He
married
a
noble
Indian
lady
,
who
was
imbued
with
an
ambition
not
less
ardent
than
that
by
which
he
was
inspired
.
Two
children
were
born
to
them
,
whom
they
tenderly
loved
.
But
domestic
happiness
did
not
prevent
him
from
seeking
to
carry
out
the
object
at
which
he
aimed
.
He
waited
an
opportunity
.
At
length
,
as
he
vainly
fancied
,
it
presented
itself
.
Instigated
by
princes
equally
ambitious
and
less
sagacious
and
more
unscrupulous
than
he
was
,
the
people
of
India
were
persuaded
that
they
might
successfully
rise
against
their
English
rulers
,
who
had
brought
them
out
of
a
state
of
anarchy
and
constant
warfare
and
misery
,
and
had
established
peace
and
prosperity
in
their
country
.
Their
ignorance
and
gross
superstition
made
them
the
facile
tools
of
their
designing
chiefs
.
In
1857
the
great
sepoy
revolt
broke
out
.
Prince
Dakkar
,
under
the
belief
that
he
should
thereby
have
the
opportunity
of
attaining
the
object
of
his
long-cherished
ambition
,
was
easily
drawn
into
it
.
He
forthwith
devoted
his
talents
and
wealth
to
the
service
of
this
cause
.
He
aided
it
in
person
;
he
fought
in
the
front
ranks
;
he
risked
his
life
equally
with
the
humblest
of
the
wretched
and
misguided
fanatics
;
he
was
ten
times
wounded
in
twenty
engagements
,
seeking
death
but
finding
it
not
,
but
at
length
the
sanguinary
rebels
were
utterly
defeated
,
and
the
atrocious
mutiny
was
brought
to
an
end
.
