PORTRAIT OF THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES. "THEY SAY I AM A SPIRIT THAT WILL NEVER ALLOW THE EAST TO BE QUIET," THOMAS STAMFORD RAFFLES ONCE WROTE, WITH PROPHETIC FLAMBOYANCE. " NEVER" WAS AN EXAGGERATION, BUT HIS SEIZURE OF SINGAPORE IN 1819 DID MAKE BRITAIN THE DOMINANT POWER IN THE EAST INDIES FOR 150 YEARS. HE RETURNED HOME WITH AN EVIABLE REPUTATION. FOR THE COOL SELF ASSURANCE CAUGHT IN THE PORTRAIT ABOVE, FOR FORESIGHT, FOR SCHOLARSHIP, FOR HUMANE ADMINISTRATION AND FOR HIS WARMTH OF PERSONALITY. AS HIS MALAY CLERK, ABDULLAH, AFFECTIONATELY RECORDED: " MR RAFFLES SPOKE IN SMILES."
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