| James Bonwick - Aboriginal Tasmanians - 1870 - 452 pages
...septuagenarian. " I considered," he said, " that the Natives of Van Diemen's Land were rational ; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...This was the principle upon which I formed my plan." Now for the coadjutors — the means of working out the project. A dozen Natives had been captured... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1876 - 974 pages
...the subject is clear and .: explicit : "I considered that the natives of Van Dieman's rational ; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...only to better their condition, they might become civilised and rendered useful members of society, instead of the bloodthirsty, ferocious beings they... | |
| English periodicals - 1876 - 820 pages
...subject is clear and explicit : " I considered that the natives of Van Dieman's Land were rational ; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...get them to listen to reason, and persuade them that theEuropeans wished only to better their condition, they might become civilised and rendered useful... | |
| George William Rusden - Australia - 1883 - 834 pages
..." that they were rational, and although they might in their savage notions oppose violent measures, yet if I could but get them to listen to reason, and...This was the principle upon which I formed my plan." It must be admitted that the Government tactics ill-paved the way for Robinson's ; but Arthur permitted... | |
| George William Rusden - Australia - 1883 - 704 pages
...rational, and although they might in their savage notions oppose violent measures, yet if I could hut get them to listen to reason, and persuade them that...This was the principle upon which I formed my plan." It must be admitted that the Government tactics ill-paved the way for Robinson's ; but Arthur permitted... | |
| James Bonwick - Aboriginal Tasmanians - 1884 - 262 pages
...septuagenarian. " I considered," he said, " that the Natives of Van Diemen's Land were rational; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...This was the principle upon which I formed my plan." Now for the coadjutors — the means of working out the project. A dozen Natives had been captured... | |
| James Fenton - Tasmania - 1884 - 504 pages
...his conclusions. Robinson's ideas (as he afterwards wrote) were " that the natives were rational; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...only to better their condition, they might become civilised, and rendered useful members of society. . .. . This was the principle upon which I formed... | |
| William Henry Fitchett - Australia - 1913 - 430 pages
...which moved him. " I considered," he said, " that the natives of Van Diemen's Land were rational; and although they might, in their savage notions, oppose...only to better their condition, they might become civilised, and rendered useful members of society, instead of the bloodthirsty, ferocious beings they... | |
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