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over tliciii. 'I'lif loiiii liistoiy ol tlii' iiatiiins proves 

 that it is uiisufi' to attempt to kicp any pcoplp down. 

 Till" divine idea is tliat men sliaU rise in the scale 

 of being. AVe who have onrsolves risi'ii from barbaric 

 conditions .should nK-ogni.se by this very fact that we 

 are calle<l to liberate ntlier men lioni the bonds we 

 have l)rol\en. 



It will be selfish, and even dangerous, for Australia 

 to continue to ignore these crescent peoples who must, 

 as the a^es pass, be brought into closer contact with 

 this continent. Unless we approacli them in kindness, 

 and with a de.sire to advance their interests as well 

 as our own, they may have substantial reasons, in the 

 da.v of their strength, to make some bitter retalia- 

 tions. Is it unreason that prompts us to believe that 

 the (lav will yet dawn, tlumgh it may be long delayed. 



when .\ustialia will bear towards the millions along 

 the .\siatic sea-board and scattered across the Pacific, 

 a relationship somewhat analogous to that which the 

 United Kingdom bears to the Western world? 



Liberated from base super-stitions by the teaching 

 of our missionary organisations, and enriched and 

 augmented b.y our science and commerce, ma.y not 

 these people become to us a vast national asset? If 

 we are to dream of a great national existence in Aus- 

 tralia, We must find a market nearer to our shores 

 than we have yet discovered. I am convinced that 

 the increasing milli<ms so near to our continent might 

 easily become a commercial constitiienc.v large enough 

 and profitable enough to lift Australia to a position 

 of glorious and peaceful empire. 



— .n st.ilwart but pcnsliiiij; race. 



Sniiic iif tiic.v thiltlrcn are niotlii'rs at twelve years of age. 



