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4 vidual men representing government departments both in Africa and in colonial offices, and by certain pioneers of commerce and trade from the Old World and the New. There are settlers face to face with the problem of local labor who are resolved to seek its solution on lines that will uplift and develop the African; and there are travelers, publicists, scientists, writers, who have caught a glimpse of the African as a man among men.

No discovery is mere guess-work. It calls for careful exploration and detailed record of fact. There is no gain in evaluation of the human wealth of Africa by a one-eyed man who can believe no ill of his fellow-creatures. The African must stand on no artificial eminence, but on a level with other races, judged by the standards applicable to them at the same stage of development. Common sense and science, not sentiment, must govern research. Unsupported generalizations about racial characteristics are futile and dangerous indulgences.

But if what some men believe they are discovering as to the worth and capacity of the African is true, then the face of African affairs must change. The African himself will be saved by hope, and will rise to new and disciplined en-