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 this:

And if even this did not avail?

Then I should translate my book into Malay, Javanese, Soondah, Alfoor, Booghinese, Battah

And I should hurl klewang-whetting warsongs into the hearts of the poor martyrs to whom I have promised help, I, Multatuli.

Deliverance and help, by legal means if  by lawful means of force if.

And

For I am no fly-rescuing poet, no gentle-hearted dreamer, as was down-trodden Havelaar, who did his duty with the courage of a lion, and who starves with the patience of a marmot in winter.

This book is an introduction

I shall increase in power and keenness of weapons, in proportion as it shall be needed

God grant that it may not be needed!

No! it not be needed! For to I dedicate my book, William the Third, King, Grand Duke, Prince  more than Prince, Grand Duke and King   of the glorious realm of, that winds yonder round the equator like a girdle of emerald

From I dare ask with confidence whether it is your imperial will:

That Havelaar is splashed with the mud of Slimerings and Drystubbles.

And that yonder Your more than subjects are !