Lord Cromer was never tired of quoting what, in Bacon's phrase, he would call "Luciferous" stories, to illustrate the folly of the administrator who thrusts physical improvements or the devices of European enlightenment upon the unwilling Oriental solely because they are good per se, or economical, or will make the governed richer or cleverer or happier.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
I remember a Luciferous story which was told to me by Colonel John Hay to illustrate the frenzy of party.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey
You don't say much, Luciferous, but what you say is amazin'.
"Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore"
Pauline Lester