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and should his confreres rise to important and high Governmental offices of 
trust and power, need he feel any regret at his choice. 
Purae rivus aquae, silvaque qugerum 
Paucorum, et segetis certa fides meae, 
Fulgentem wmperio fertilis Africae 
Allit sorte beatior. 
Yes, “a b.ook of sparkling water, and a copse of a few acres and a sure 
trust in my crops, is a lot happier by far than his, though he cannot see it, who 
glitters in the lordship of fertile Africa.” 
This is as true to-aay as when Horace was singing his odes. For such a 
one “ Black Care ~ will not for ever cling behind him. 
But such a prospect can only be hoped for by those who are made of the 
right ‘stuff’: those who lack industry and are unsuited to the life will 
develop into mere “squatters ” of no use to themselves or the colony, such 
will only become idlers until their degradation brings its due punishment, 
and more important still they will bring the minor industries into very 
bad repute. 
