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we may be sure. The future historian needs must grant to Mr. Rhodes a far-reaching statesmanship, in which a definite aim was recognized clearly and unfalteringly fol lowed. That purpose found its final ex pression in the scholarships which bear his

otherwise would not be brought into ex istence. The absorption of the greater por tion of the world under our rule simply means the end of all wars. The furtherance of the British Empire, for the bringing of the whole uncivilized world under British

CECIL JOHN name. The reasoning which led him to his conclusion is worthy of our consideration. "I contend," says Mr. Rhodes, "that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better it is for the human race. I contend that every acre added to our territory means the birth of more of the English race who

RHODES. rule, for the recovery of the United States, for the making of the Anglo Saxon race but one Empire. What a dream! But yet it is probable. It is possible."1 (p. 59). To this vast dream of Empire Mr. Rhodes gave the last years of his life, and to it he 'This and all following references are to The Last Will and Testament of Cecil J. Rhodes, by W. T. Stead. London: Review of Reviews. 1902.