SRL for [embodied]: It implies that the British Empire was rooted in its subjects ' minds , manners and morals , and argues , tacitly , that its self - destructive flaws were [embodied] in the defensive snobbery , willful blindness , role - playing and especially the locutions of its domestic servants .
ARG-1: its self - destructive flaws | ARG-2: in the defensive snobbery , willful blindness , role - playing and especially the locutions of its domestic servants