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Art. 69 (S.)
Hij toont een volk aan, dat was langzaam „struggling up from a
basis sf barbarism to the plane of an orderly and intelligent civilisation.
The negro is not a terminal point, but is fundamentally equal with the
white man. Troughout his life-story can be traced the thin withe
thread of evolution. His progress may be slow, but is possible. The
history of Jamaica proves how much can be done when conditions are
even moderately favourable.......
„The race as it exists to day is a product of sixty years of freedom;
on the whole, a plain, honest Anglicised people with no peculiarity
except a harmles ignorance and superstition. Looking at it in contrast
with what it was at the beginning of the period, one cannot but be
impressed with the wunderful progress it has made. And where there
has been steady progress in the past there is infinite hope for the future
Het is dus onze taak hem deze hoogere ontwikkeling te doen bereiken,
door hem te doen deelnemen in de burgerrechten en door...”
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