Her Majesty's Servants, final pages
The Amir's chieftain marveling at obedience as the secret of British power—the book's most cited imperialist passage.
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From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
Modern critics frequently debate Kipling's allegories of empire—the Law of the Jungle as colonial code, Mowgli as benevolent ruler, and Her Majesty's Servants as paean to obedient hierarchy.
The Law of the Jungle (poem)
Often read as a manifesto for hierarchical Victorian social order disguised as natural law.
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