... as a whole. He addresses some very important issues of the time, but they can be read in a sarcastic, satirical manner. In the first stanza, Kipling says, "Send forth the best ye breed-/ Go, bind your sons to exile/ to serve your captives need;". He seems to be questioning whether the result of civilizing these "savages", or "captives" as Kipling calls them ... worth doing. It was definitely not for material goods: Take up the White Man's Burden " And reap his old reward: The blame of those ye better, The hate of those ye guard " The cry of hosts ye humour (Ah Slowly!) toward the light ...

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... a kind of modern Jesus figure, whose materialistic teachings should be adhered to by all those Americans he preached to, even in replacement of Christ. "Henceforth be masterless,"" retorts Ben. "Be ye each one his own master unto himself, and don't let even the Lord put His spoke in."" ' But despite critics such as Lawrence, Franklin's view of the perfect American is ... of the most popular literary works of the eighteenth century, which in effect contained a more detailed description of the concepts iterated in the Declaration of Independence. It carried a lot of weight, particularly w...

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... so, that he had taken upon himself the task of negotiating with the rulers on the question of accession. And once he undertook any task, he invariably put the whole weight of his personality into what he was doing and spared himself no effort. Half-hearted methods and half-hearted measures are alien to him. India can never forget the magnificent ... provinces to the Federation would be optional. This was really the death-blow to Indian unity, and subsequent assertions of their preference for a united India by British authorities carried no weight. It was definitely a victory for Jinnah'...

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... changing the balances in the world throughout history. Unfortunately, most of the time, these events were nothing but the cruel wars that resulted in the loss of millions of people and in waste of huge amount of money. Like every other war, World War 1 took many lives and money and changed ... as she was the most important country among the ones who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign. After the big defeat in the Gallipoli Battles and huge loss of people, the Turks were in bad conditions, too. The conflict is about this fact basically. Some scholars believe that British troops would have ......

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... February of the following year. From the 10th to the 15th of December 1899, a series of British losses prompted the nickname "Black Week- for the depth of damage and the loss inflicted by the Boers. The three disastrous battles for the British were "Gatacre's mishap at Stromberg- on the 10th, "Methuen's repulse at Fleming 04Magersfontein on the 11th and "Buller's first ... understood that you have armed Bastards, Fingos and Baralongs against us- in this you have committed an enormous act of wickedness...reconsider the matter, even if it cost you the loss of Mafeking...disarm your blacks...

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... England. On December 16, 1773 a group of colonists dressed as Native Americans, went aboard ships containing the tea and threw it overboard, resulting in the loss of thousands of sales for the British government (American Rev. 1). This event was forever known as the Boston Tea Party. In response Britain passed the ... citizen. It also shaped America because after the war an industrial revolution had to have taken place in order for southern economy to survive. With the loss of the southern workforce, there was no way for the southern economy to produce a large enough amount of a product ...

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... /economic growth and leading to a `decline in the industrial spirit` Hobsbawm disagrees however .(7)"The absorption of the sons of grocers and cotton-spinners into the aristocracy was a consequence of the loss of impetus in British business not its cause." He further maintains that in at least one public school in the 1880s,75% of the students were studying engineering. Lundgreen however ... a single firm, .. the consequences would be limited to that firm. If, however, all the firms in the industry made the same mistake, the situation would be quite different. The efficiency loss caused ...

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... frontiersmen from the Colony of Virginia and other colonies had already entered. Colonists even had established development companies to sell lands to settlers and trade with the Indians. Immeasurable economic loss in the Colonies was foreseeable if the Act took effect. For instance, George Washington would have lost some 30,000 acres of land had the Revolution not occurred.xx These ... the Dutch.xxiiiTherefore, the smugglers who gained tremendous commercial benefits from violating laws such as John Hancock were vexed and then fomented the glorious mob causing estimated one million doll...

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... arguably ignorant view that the Empire was the white man's" burden and during its end was honourably discharged but deliberately wound up meaning there was absolutely no shame in the loss of the British Empire, rather they felt they had proudly come to a deserved end, passing on sovereignty to their "loyal" subjects.Darwin, arguably blaming the decline of the British Empire ... the Dutch with exclusion from Marshall Aid and the eventual North Atlantic Treaty, and the simple difficulty of fighting off the Republican troops. Concluding with the Dutch Empire and the loss of the Indonesian ...

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... felt threatened that the union under the Transvaal of both English and Boer would not be under their control or part of the empire. Many imperialists were disdained over the loss of Britain's direct political and economic links. During this decade a belief in the tightening of ties between Britain and her colonies of white settlement was widely favored as one of ... Africa would be intolerable. It would, according to some imperialist, bring economic weakness, grave strategic vulnerability, and encouragement for other colonial separatist movements in other parts of the empire. England's ...

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... of a nation depended primarily on the possession of gold and silver. Mercantilists assumed that the volume of world wealth and trade was relatively static; so one country's gain required another's loss. According to this view, a colonial possession should provide wealth to the country that controlled it. Colonies were not supposed to compete with the mother country's home industries. Empires were closed ... . This measure was also overturned in 1810 by Macon's Bill No. 2, which reopened American commerce with all nations. These trade restrictions were unpopular in the United States. Desp...

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... the end, the arms race "contributed to the feeling that war was inevitable." French militarism was aiming at increasing the draft term, whereas the Russian military recovery from the 1905 loss to the Japanese was "alarming the Germans". All major powers had anticipated war, and the pre-war planning, such as the Schlieffen Plan, exacerbated everything. The Powers were ready for ... East for it risked loosing on the battlefield what it could gain by negotiating. After 1905 it had to recover its Imperial prestige and prevent defeats that could lead to a loss of glory and possible emergence...

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... by around 30%. (Collier: 1999:175). More so, when a country is faced with civil war nearly all the main productive activities is halted and channeled toward destructive, such country witness loss of various contributions that her resources brings to the economy and harms that will be inflicted from the damages. However, the government had to spend more on military to equip ... ...

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... him: the Continental System. Napoleon was always searching for ways to bring down the British Empire when he decided to forbid trade in British products in 1803. After the devastating loss at Trafalgar, Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree in 1806. This decree stated that Great Britain was placed under French blockade; not by sea, but by all France and French-controlled ... ...

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... million of wealth created by Northern Rhodesia had been spent or invested in Southern Rhodesia in the 10 years of Federation. Zambia still suffers from the effects of this staggering loss of capital and lack of investment. Kenneth Kaunda, the country's sole president from independence in 1964 until 1991, was, like Nyerere of Tanzania and Nkrumah of Ghana, one of that ... ...

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... Royal Niger Company. As other European powers began to encroach in on the area controlled by The Royal Niger Company Goldie requested favors from the imperial government to prevent the loss of Nigeria. France was moving east from Senegal. Germany gained control of Togoland and The Cameroons just to the south. The Belgians were making claims in the Congo to the ... ...

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... aided in the spread of disease and ultimately death among the nation of Ireland. Starvation, respiratory disease, typhus epidemics, cholera, dysentery, scurvy, and deficiencies in vitamin A, all contributed to the loss of over a million Irishmen over a seven-year period. The practice of medicine at the onset of the blight was extremely inadequate. Ireland had only 39 infirmaries; this translated into one ... ...

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... Royal Niger Company. As other European powers began to encroach in on the area controlled by The Royal Niger Company Goldie requested favors from the imperial government to prevent the loss of Nigeria. France was moving east from Senegal. Germany gained control of Togoland and The Cameroons just to the south. The Belgians were making claims in the Congo to the ... ...

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... of order- to prevent murders, arson committed by ordinary people. So had there been available military forces concentrated sooner when Muslims migrated to Pakistan, Sikhs and Hindus to India to loss of lives might have been less. India and Pakistan have a history of fifty years of conflict marked by three full scale wars (1947,1965 and 1971), low intensity wars (Siachin ... ...

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