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(English poet and essayist, 1775-1864)

A want of the necessaries of life, in peasants or artisans, when the seasons have been favorable, is a certain sign of defect in the constitution, or of criminality in the administration.

The True Imperialism

(English poet, conspicuous for his courage in opposing the Boer war; born 1858)

Here, while the tide of conquest rolls Against the distant golden shore, The starved and stunted human souls Are with us more and more.

Vain is your Science, vain your Art, Your triumphs and your glories vain, To feed the hunger of their heart And famine of their brain.

Your savage deserts howling near, Your wastes of ignorance, vice, and shame,— Is there no room for victories here, No fields for deeds of fame?

Arise and conquer while ye can The foe that in your midst resides, And build within the mind of Man The Empire that abides.