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Posterity has ratified King's judgment. Eng- 

 land, always faithful to the memory of her great 

 men, has put Cook in the first rank of her na- 

 tional heroes. Australia now, as ever, loves to 

 honour the man who, first among the subjects of 

 the British Empire, placed his foot upon her 

 soil. Monuments are erected and statues raised 

 to commemorate the fame of Captain Cook. 



All the peoples of earth are associated in these 

 tributes of homage, and have hailed Captain 

 Cook as the greatest navigator in the world, be- 

 cause, across seas and frontiers, they have under- 

 stood that the great English sailor was one of 

 those men of whom humanity is proud. 





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