You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without severing the bonds which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain the degree of perfection, and of social... Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin - Page 116by James Bruce Earl of Elgin - 1872 - 467 pagesFull view - About this book
| Art - 1904 - 918 pages
...proclaim it ? .... You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...development, to which organised communities of free men have the right to aspire." And with an appreciation of the position which to-day is as just as at the time... | |
| James Bruce (8th earl of Elgin.) - 1872 - 510 pages
...Government. You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies that the Colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...of free men have a right to aspire. Since I began this letter I have, I regret to say, confirmatory evidence of the justice of the anticipations I had... | |
| Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1872 - 618 pages
...maturity. " You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies that the Colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire." But perfect development surely, in the case... | |
| Alexander Mackenzie - Canada - 1882 - 418 pages
...following terms : " You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...and of social and political development, to which organized communities have a right to aspire. . . . There is nothing which makes the colonial statesman... | |
| Hugh Edward Egerton - Great Britain - 1897 - 530 pages
...existence. You must allow them 1 Pamphlet by (?) Wakefield, A View of Sir C. Metcalffs Government, 1844. to believe that, without severing the bonds, which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain a degree of perfection and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free... | |
| Bernard Holland - Great Britain - 1901 - 436 pages
...government. You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...development, to which organised communities of free men have the right to aspire." Lord Elgin, after giving some striking instances of the discouragement caused... | |
| Bernard Holland - Great Britain - 1901 - 432 pages
...government. You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...development, to which organised communities of free men have the right to aspire." Lord Elgin, after giving some striking instances of the discouragement caused... | |
| Alpheus Henry Snow - France - 1902 - 786 pages
...he declared : You must renounce the habit of telling the Colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain a degree of perfection and of social and political development, to which organized communities of free... | |
| Agnes Maule Machar - Canada - 1903 - 616 pages
...government, you must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the Colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...perfection and of social and political development to which organized communities of free men have a right to aspire." While endeavoring to make Canada a truly... | |
| Sir William Molesworth - Great Britain - 1903 - 564 pages
...Lord Elgin, "You must renounce the habit of telling the colonies that the colonial is a provisional existence. You must allow them to believe that, without...which unite them to Great Britain, they may attain a degree of perfection and of social and political development to which organised communities of free... | |
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