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Excerpt from Walter Pieterse a Story of Holland
In this important position he used his influence to better the condition of the natives; but, to his sor row, he soon found that he did not have the support of his superiors. What he conceived to be right clashed with the line of conduct he was expected to follow. In a rash moment of righteous indig nation he handed in his resignation; and it was accepted. This hasty step put an end to a brilliant political career and entailed upon Dekker years of disappoint ment and hardship. Seeing that he was pursuing the wrong method to help either the javanese, or him self, he immediately tried to get reinstated, but with out success. In 1857 he returned to Holland and applied to the home government, hoping to be vindi cated and restored to his post. Again he was disap pointed. The government offered him another desirable position; but, as it was a matter of principle with Dekker, he declined it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
