As it seems to be the opinion of some of the gentlemen who compose the Committee of Public Instruction that the course which they have hitherto pursued was strictly prescribed by the British Parliament in 1813 and as, if that opinion be correct, a legislative act will be necessary to warrant a change, I have thought it right to refrain from taking any part in the preparation of the adverse statements which are.now before us, and to reserve what I had to say on the subject till it should come before me as a Member of the Council of India.
Minute on Indian Education of February 1835. Minute by the Hon'ble T. B. Macaulay, dated the 2nd February 1835. Calcutta: Superintendent, Government Printing, 1835.