The Contemporary Review, Volume 42A. Strahan, 1882 - Great Britain |
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... colonial progress . Even setting aside the great " Native Difficulty , " there is quite enough to exonerate the Cape Colony from the reproach , sometimes directed against her , that she has suffered so many younger colonies to pass her ...
... colonial progress . Even setting aside the great " Native Difficulty , " there is quite enough to exonerate the Cape Colony from the reproach , sometimes directed against her , that she has suffered so many younger colonies to pass her ...
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... colonists , whose heartily united strength would be by no means too great for the task which devolves upon the white man in Africa . English visitors to the Cape Colony are not numerous , and , being usually in delicate health , do not ...
... colonists , whose heartily united strength would be by no means too great for the task which devolves upon the white man in Africa . English visitors to the Cape Colony are not numerous , and , being usually in delicate health , do not ...
Page 113
... colonists are fond of asserting that British energy and capital would soon develop the resources of Cape Colony , were it not for Dutch slowness and conservatism ; but were it not for the Dutch population there would simply be no Colony ...
... colonists are fond of asserting that British energy and capital would soon develop the resources of Cape Colony , were it not for Dutch slowness and conservatism ; but were it not for the Dutch population there would simply be no Colony ...
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... Cape Colony . Happily , there is a simple constitutional remedy for this anomaly , and it is probable that the Dutch ... Colony . Possibly , when they have suc- ceeded in accomplishing this result , some of their legislation may prove to ...
... Cape Colony . Happily , there is a simple constitutional remedy for this anomaly , and it is probable that the Dutch ... Colony . Possibly , when they have suc- ceeded in accomplishing this result , some of their legislation may prove to ...
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Ministers , has hitherto occupied Cape Colony , and the presence of this garrison has greatly tended to encourage a policy of frontier aggression , by enabling the Colonial Government , sooner or later , to shift the responsibilities ...
Ministers , has hitherto occupied Cape Colony , and the presence of this garrison has greatly tended to encourage a policy of frontier aggression , by enabling the Colonial Government , sooner or later , to shift the responsibilities ...
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