▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Britain ▁as ▁an ▁up ward ▁pro gression ▁always ▁leading ▁to ▁more ▁liberty ▁and ▁more ▁progress . ▁ ▁Mac a ul ay ▁simultaneously ▁was ▁a ▁leading ▁reform er ▁involved ▁in ▁transform ing ▁the ▁educational ▁system ▁of ▁India . ▁He ▁would ▁base ▁it ▁on ▁the ▁English ▁language ▁so ▁that ▁India ▁could ▁join ▁the ▁mother ▁country ▁in ▁a ▁steady ▁up ward ▁progress . ▁Mac a ul ay ▁took ▁Bur ke ' s ▁emphas is ▁on ▁moral ▁rule ▁and ▁implemented ▁it ▁in ▁actual ▁school ▁re forms , ▁giving ▁the ▁British ▁Empire ▁a ▁prof ound ▁moral ▁mission ▁to ▁civil ize ▁the ▁n atives . ▁ ▁Y ale ▁professor ▁Kar una ▁Mant ena ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁civil izing ▁mission ▁did ▁not ▁last ▁long , ▁for ▁she ▁says ▁that ▁bene vol ent ▁reform ers ▁were ▁the ▁los ers ▁in ▁key ▁deb ates , ▁such ▁as ▁those ▁following ▁the ▁ 1 8 5 7 ▁re bell ion ▁in ▁India , ▁and ▁the ▁sc andal ▁of ▁Governor ▁Edward ▁E y re ' s ▁brut al ▁repr ession ▁of ▁the ▁Mor ant ▁Bay ▁re bell ion ▁in ▁J ama ica ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 . ▁The ▁r het or ic ▁continued ▁but ▁it ▁became ▁an ▁al ib i ▁for ▁British ▁mis rule ▁and ▁rac ism . ▁No ▁longer ▁was ▁it ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁n atives ▁could ▁truly ▁make ▁progress , ▁instead ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁ruled ▁by ▁heavy ▁hand , ▁with ▁dem ocr atic ▁opportun ities ▁post pon ed ▁in def initely . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result