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It often strikes a man to inquire what is the chief good in life; to one the thought comes that it is a happy marriage, to another great wealth, and as each seizes on his idea, for that he more or less works for the rest of his existence. To myself thinking over the same question the wish came to render myself useful to my country. I then asked myself how could I and after reviewing the various methods I have felt that at the present day we are actually limiting our children and perhaps bringing into the world half the human beings we might owing to the lack of country for them to inhabit that if we had retained America there would at this moment be millions more of English living. I contend that we are the finest race in the world and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race.
Contents
- New Imperialism
- Cecil Rhodes: Confession of Faith Date: 1877
- Constitution of the Hawaiian Islands Date: 1887
- Bernhard von Bülow on Germany’s “Place in the Sun” Date: 1897
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: “Current Fallacies upon Naval Subjects” Date: 1898
- William McKinley: Message to Congress about Cuban Intervention Date: 1898
- William McKinley: “Benevolent Assimilation” Proclamation Date: 1898
- John Hay: First “Open Door” Note to Andrew D. White Date: 1899
- William McKinley: Statement to the General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church Date: 1899
- Emilio Aguinaldo’s Case against the United States Date: 1899
- Eduard Bernstein: Evolutionary Socialism Date: 1899
- Mary Kingsley: West African Studies Date: 1899
- Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness Date: 1899
- Rudyard Kipling: “The White Man's Burden” Date: 1899
- Karl Pearson: National Life from the Standpoint of Science Date: 1901
- Mark Twain: “To the Person Sitting in Darkness” Date: 1901
- Boxer Protocol Year: 1901
- D’Arcy Concession Date: 1901
- Ernest Crosby: “The Real White Man's Burden” Date: 1902
- Panama Canal Treaty Date: 1903
- Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine Date: 1904
- Edmund Dene (E.D.) Morel: The Black Man’s Burden Date: 1920
- Resolutions of the National Congress of British West Africa Year: 1920
- George Orwell: Burmese Days Date: 1934
- Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam Date: 1945
- Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal Date: 1956
- John Foster Dulles: Address to the United Nations on the Suez Crisis Date: 1956
- Che Guevara: Address to the United Nations General Assembly Date: 1964