> And it was at this moment, as I stood there with the rifle in my hands, that I first grasped the hollowness, the futility of the white man’s dominion in the East. Here was I, the white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd – seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but in reality I was only an absurd puppet pushed to and fro by the will of those yellow faces behind. I perceived in this moment that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom that he destroys.
Side note: I didn't know about Elephants and "Musth", so I looked it up:
Musth or must (/ˈmʌst/; Urdu: مست, from Persian, lit. 'intoxicated') is a periodic condition in bull (male) elephants characterized by highly aggressive behavior and accompanied by a large rise in reproductive hormones.
Speaking of Elephants, I recommend a very interesting story about an Elephant named Jacopo in Venezia, Italy, ~200 years ago [0]. In that case, it was shot with a cannon, given that Venetians weren't exactly used to deal with Elephants in the city.
[0]: https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/curious-stories-of-venice/