Alexander William Kinglake: Eothen. Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (1844) und Murad Efendi: Türkische Skizzen. Erster Band. Türkische Fahrten (1877)
Kinglake, Alexander William: Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East (1844) At Semlin I still was encompassed by the scenes and the sounds of familiar life; the din of a busy world still vexed and cheered me; the unveiled faces of women still shone in the light of day. Yet, whenever I chose to look southward, I saw the Ottoman’s fortress—austere, and darkly impending high over the vale of the Danube—historic Belgrade. I had come, as it were, to the end of this wheel-going Europe, and now my eyes would see the splendor and havoc of the East. [...]
Das „Indo-Problem“ könnte wie folgt dargestellt werden: Haben die Indo-Europäer hier zu Lande, zumindest ein Teil von ihnen, eine Zukunft als separate Gruppe, einerseits mit der indonesischen Bevölkerung zusammenlebend, andererseits aber nicht in dieser aufgehend?[...]
[...] The English have not taken India, we have given it to them. They are not in India because of their strength, but because we keep them. Let us now see whether this proposition can be sustained. They came to our country originally for purposes of trade. [...]