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" 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 116
by James Bruce Earl of Elgin - 1872 - 467 pages
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Journal of the Society of Arts, Volume 52

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...
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Letters and journals, ed. by T. Walrond

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...
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The Canadian Monthly and National Review, Volume 2

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...
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The Life and Speeches of Hon. George Brown

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...
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A Short History of British Colonial Policy

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...
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Imperium Et Libertas: A Study in History and Politics

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...
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Imperium Et Libertas: A Study in History and Politics

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...
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The Administration of Dependencies: A Study of the Evolution of the Federal ...

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...
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Builders of Canada from Cartier to Laurier

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...
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Selected Speeches of Sir William Molesworth, Bart., P.C., M.P., on Questions ...

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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