. Review of reviews and world's work . emn the means whereby the ma-jority of the British colonies were comes the inconsistency. Having ac-quired a colony by fair means or foul, Franceimmediately sets to work, to adminster it insuch a way that the suspicion and the dislikeof its natives are quickly and permanentlyremoved. The Frenchman expects to makehis colonies pay, but he does not expect themto pay in the beginning. Instead of raisingmoneys for vast railroad and harbor projectsby squeezing the colonies, the money israised in France and the projects quicklyexecuted. He has conf
. Review of reviews and world's work . emn the means whereby the ma-jority of the British colonies were comes the inconsistency. Having ac-quired a colony by fair means or foul, Franceimmediately sets to work, to adminster it insuch a way that the suspicion and the dislikeof its natives are quickly and permanentlyremoved. The Frenchman expects to makehis colonies pay, but he does not expect themto pay in the beginning. Instead of raisingmoneys for vast railroad and harbor projectsby squeezing the colonies, the money israised in France and the projects quicklyexecuted. He has confidence in the futureand therefore builds immeasurably fasterthan a nation that takes no chances on whatto-morrow may bring forth. Enthusiasm and optimism, therefore, arethe distinguishing characteristics of theFrenchman as the writer of these lines ob-served him in Africa. The average officialis of fine fiber and executive ability—butthat is true of most of the white men in thatblistering land. No other type of man canswing the
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