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Government — even when they are not accepted — and 
for the kindly feeling that I have always received from 
the members individually and colleclively. 
Long may Britannia's Sceptre rule the Western Main. 
Long may the enlightened and beneficent guidance of 
British Statesmen direct the Policy of West Indian 
Administration. The English African cannot but be the 
gainer by the continuance of English authority. Per- 
chance, however, in ages now far off, the connection be- 
tween Great Britain and her West Indian Possessions may 
be dissolved. Whenever the links may become loosened, 
let it be the glory of Englishmen to leave to the Islanders 
not only the English Language, and the memory of the 
Great Deeds of English soldiers and English sailors with 
which these Islands are enshrined, but also, the English 
respect for law-abiding and orderly Government, the 
English love of Political Liberty and of Liberal Institu- 
tions, and the English Spirit of Freedom with Order. 
Meanwhile, there is need for a prolonged Apprentice- 
ship to the business of Representative Government. 
