The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile And Explorations of the Nile Sources by Sir Samuel W. Baker









 -  Of later date, and still more rapid in
development, Australia rises, a triumphant proof of England's power to
rescue wild - Page 14
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Of Later Date, And Still More Rapid In Development, Australia Rises, A Triumphant Proof Of England's Power To Rescue Wild Lands From Barrenness; To Wrest From Utter Savagedom Those Mighty Tracts Of The Earth's Surface Wasted From The Creation Of The World, - A Darkness To Be Enlightened By English Colonization.

Before the advancing steps of civilization the savage inhabitants of dreary wastes retreated:

Regions hitherto lain hidden, and counting as nothing in the world's great total, have risen to take the lead in the world's great future.

Thus England's seed cast upon the earth's surface germinates upon soils destined to reproduce her race. The energy and industry of the mother country become the natural instincts of her descendants in localities adapted for their development; and wherever Nature has endowed a land with agricultural capabilities, and favourable geographical position, slowly but surely that land will become a centre of civilization.

True Christianity cannot exist apart from civilization; thus, the spread of Christianity must depend upon the extension of civilization; and that extension depends upon commerce.

The philanthropist and the missionary will expend their noble energies in vain in struggling against the obtuseness of savage hordes, until the first steps towards their gradual enlightenment shall have been made by commerce. The savage must learn to WANT; he must learn to be ambitious; and to covet more than the mere animal necessities of food and drink. This can alone be taught by a communication with civilized beings: the sight of men well clothed will induce the naked savage to covet clothing, and will create a WANT; the supply of this demand will be the first step towards commerce.

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