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Page 36
The Dutch so completed the decline in the material power of the states of
Indonesia that no state in the archipelago could resist the coming of European
civilization to Australia, let alone spread its own civilization to such a vast land.
Above all ...
The Dutch so completed the decline in the material power of the states of
Indonesia that no state in the archipelago could resist the coming of European
civilization to Australia, let alone spread its own civilization to such a vast land.
Above all ...
Page 110
They approved of candour, of benevolence, of charity to those distressed in mind,
body or estate; they believed in the moral and beneficent role of their civilization,
its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of superstition and ...
They approved of candour, of benevolence, of charity to those distressed in mind,
body or estate; they believed in the moral and beneficent role of their civilization,
its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of superstition and ...
Page 174
Protestant ascendancy was simply afraid that the two essential conditions of
civilization, the Protestant religion and the British constitution, were menaced by
these deluded, ignorant and wretched men. To the members of the Protestant ...
Protestant ascendancy was simply afraid that the two essential conditions of
civilization, the Protestant religion and the British constitution, were menaced by
these deluded, ignorant and wretched men. To the members of the Protestant ...
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