The National Review, Volume 128W.H. Allen, 1947 - English literature |
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Page 214
... Civilisation in such countries , measured by any Western yardstick , stands still , even if it does not go back . Thus , the inhabitants of the Azores , or further afield , the South Sea Islanders , are doomed for all time to stand ...
... Civilisation in such countries , measured by any Western yardstick , stands still , even if it does not go back . Thus , the inhabitants of the Azores , or further afield , the South Sea Islanders , are doomed for all time to stand ...
Page 225
... civilisation : namely , its moral atmosphere . There are no aeroplanes over Sulaco , nor are the black markets on the Congo river anything but white in our own modern sense . But the inhabitants of the Congo of Heart of Darkness , the ...
... civilisation : namely , its moral atmosphere . There are no aeroplanes over Sulaco , nor are the black markets on the Congo river anything but white in our own modern sense . But the inhabitants of the Congo of Heart of Darkness , the ...
Page 282
... civilisation . But , of course , no one suggests that we should abandon the African to his fate . All that his so - called champions suggest is that the white man who is to bring him civilisation should not live in the country , but be ...
... civilisation . But , of course , no one suggests that we should abandon the African to his fate . All that his so - called champions suggest is that the white man who is to bring him civilisation should not live in the country , but be ...
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