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Rh Also I made myself as one of them, Seeking the bent and habit of their souls, That I might govern, order, set to use.

And I would have wise lovers of mankind, Dwelling through all the land in colonies; Gendering new necessities of life, Desires entwined with all the nobler growth Of reason, mutual reverence, and love; Arousing men with sturdier enterprise To stir the virtues of a virgin soil; Fostering civil arts of mutual peace, That ask for interchange of services. So shall they cherish honourable trade In all the wealth of Ethiopia; Ebony, amber, gold, and ivory; A care to barter these for what is wrought By fiery familiars of the brain Yonder in Europe, in our world sublime Of godlike labour, triumph, and despair; In realms more wonderful than Africa! For in our Europe and America,