THE MEMOIRS OF MUSTAPHA HUSSAIN - Malaysia Today

Stoking the Nationalist Fire 117
On the other hand, An Outline of World History was written by a
British citizen. He wrote candidly, even when it concerned the British.
The countless newspapers, magazines and books I read in the nine
years I served at the School of Agriculture stoked my nationalistic fires
and moved my soul. If I was once just ‘opening my eyes’ to developments
around me, I had now become highly sensitive to them. I was
learning to examine and analyse every political, social, and economic
event, especially those that touched the Malays.