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to their proposed converts some more favourable speci- 

 mens of the effect of their teaching. It might be well to 

 devote a portion of the funds of such societies to the 

 establishment of model communities, adapted to show the 

 benefits of the civilization we wish to introduce, and to 

 serve as a visible illustration of the effects of Christianity 

 on its professors. The general practice of Christian 

 virtues by the Europeans around them would, we feel 

 assured, be a most powerful instrument for the general 

 improvement of savage races, and is, perhaps, the only 

 mode of teaching that would produce a real and lasting 

 effect. 



