. Mr. Oseba's last discovery . theglobe revolved until the British Isles wereconspicuously in view. This, said Oseba, of all the fertile dirton the surface of Oliffa, is the most , among the countries of the Outeroos, isthe classic land of liberty, the sheet-anchor ofEurope for more than three hundred rock-bound Isles, with a fertile soil,a salubrious climate, indented shores—fortun-ately placed geographically—are by nature thebest suited for the development of the idealman of any spot on the surface of Oliffa, andhaving been peopled by sturdy tribes, all thesuggest
. Mr. Oseba's last discovery . theglobe revolved until the British Isles wereconspicuously in view. This, said Oseba, of all the fertile dirton the surface of Oliffa, is the most , among the countries of the Outeroos, isthe classic land of liberty, the sheet-anchor ofEurope for more than three hundred rock-bound Isles, with a fertile soil,a salubrious climate, indented shores—fortun-ately placed geographically—are by nature thebest suited for the development of the idealman of any spot on the surface of Oliffa, andhaving been peopled by sturdy tribes, all thesuggestive hopes of Nature have been realised. He told his people that the British Islesembraced 124,000 square miles, and contained40,000,000 inhabitants ; and that, on these fewacres, there were more muscle and brain, andintellectual force and stubbornness and haughtypretension, than on any other spot of likedimensions on the surface of Oliffa. These sturdy Britons, my children, whohave resistlessly held these historic Islands. Our noDk Sducs* 73 against all comers for many centuries, havedone more to elevate, to educate, to emancipate,to civilise and to unite humanity; to free thebrain from superstition, the limbs from fetters,and the world from bondage, than any othernation or race that ever inscribed its achieve-ments on the pages of human history. Britain, my children, has conqueredmany foes, but her chief glory has beenher conquests in the arts of peace. She hasconquered climate, and famine, and pestilence,and the idolatry that would crucify the newupon the mouldering cross of the old regime, Britain has given Oliffa its industrial andcommercial methods, the tone of its presentcivilisation, and she is rapidly giving to thewhole race her erstwhile scorned language, andin this there seems a magic spell that infects allwho imbibe its spirit with a burning desire forliberty. To lisp the English tongue, is to feel—a king. Let me tell you a little story, mychildren, of the most
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