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The first thing to be done is to learn something of the 

 races we have to govern. In this way alone can we avoid 

 terrible mistakes, involving us 211 desperate struggles, in 

 which the lives of thousands of Europeans and of natives 

 would be lost. But the system of changing about our 

 officials from post to post militates, and must always 

 militate, against this. Men should be left as long as 

 possible in localities to wliich t/iey have become accustomed, 

 and 211 which they have made their mark, quite irrespective 

 of t/ie rank they may hold. It is impossible to introduce 

 our own habits and customs unchanged into foreign lands, 

 and force them upon the natives. ll'e must take account 

 of their own habits and customs before we attempt to 

 mile them. 



Only in this way shall we learn Jww to deal wisely 

 with the natives of our African colonies and to turn them 

 to good account. These regions for the most part must 

 always remain closed to European immigration. Gradually 

 to mould the inhabitants and to develop their capacities to 

 the utmost that is at once our only practicable policy and 

 a higJi and noble ideal. 



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