... axis, and occupies an area of 209,331km2 (80,823 sq. mi) excluding all the smaller surrounding islands of archipelago. The North Channel, Irish seas George's channel and Celtic sea separate the island from the island of Ireland to its west. The island is physically connected with continental Europe via the channel tunnel, the longest undersea rail tunnel in the world which was completed in 1993.geographically, the island is marked by low, rolling ... countryside in the East and south, while hills and ... ...

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... The code of behaviour and the enlightenment that Kipling wished to be aggrandised to all primitive' nations. In other words: Progress in the means of railroads across continents, telegraph lines over deep seas, commerce beyond boundaries and steam boat lines criss-crossing the earth. Imperialism was at its height in this period. In 1897, the year before the Spanish-American War, Queen Victoria had reigned half the world ... for sixty years. This was the occasion for which "Recessional- had been ... as it contains Conrad's brilliant ability of conveying two different perspectives in one ...

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... was not dispersed, and it was difficult or impossible to distinguish between political and economic power, between the interests of the capitalists of the high seas and those of the imperial state. The Bank of England interfaced between the two spheres, and the self-perpetuating elite created a system of fluid communication and interpenetrating between them. Although capital was formally independent of politics, international investment clearly proceeded along national lines. Capital flowed to areas where ... : "I regard it as our duty, wherever bona fide British capital is forthcoming i...

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