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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II. KHAMA'S CHIEFTAINSHIP. " The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world."-Emerson. SETTLED at last in Shoshong, Khama was clear as to what kind of chief he meant to be. His mind was not troubled either with a conviction that the more degraded of his people knew better than himself, Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: II. KHAMA'S CHIEFTAINSHIP. " The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world."-Emerson. SETTLED at last in Shoshong, Khama was clear as to what kind of chief he meant to be. His mind was not troubled either with a conviction that the more degraded of his people knew better than himself, or that he must be content to do right alone, leaving his subjects entire liberty to do wrong. Religion to Khama is not a matter only between a man and his God, but essentially a thing between a man and hisneighbour; and the earthly kingdom is to be ruled by the Heavenly Laws. "You English," said an Indian general, " imagine that liberty means the same thing everywhere. You make a great mistake. Liberty with you means the right to govern yourselves; liberty to an Asiatic means the right to be governed." This is the liberty that Khama, with an equal knowledge of African character, has given to his people. " What the chiefs do, the people will do," he said to Bishop Knight Bruce, and on this belief he acts, with the decision taught by his own hard training. I cannot tell the whole story of Khama's chieftainship, but I have been able to collect some of the best knownfacts, and they may be taken as an honest sample of the whole. A list of more unpopular measures than those with which Khama began his reign it would be hard to find. They were necessities to him as a Christian, but only a great soul could have faced their difficulty. Other chiefs have renounced Christianity themselves, while encouraging it in their people; one or two have resigned their chieftainship. Human nature seems to be tempted either to acquiesce in an Alexandria, or to leave it for personal holiness in the desert; but there are nobler souls who cleanse their Alexandria, and Khama joined that gallant co Books, Fiction~~General, The-Story-of-an-African-Chief~~Louise-Torr-Knight-Bruce, 999999999, The Story Of An African Chief, Louise Torr Knight-Bruce, 1144907543, Nabu Press, , , , , Nabu Press<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Nabu Press, 92 Seiten, L=189mm, B=246mm, H=5mm, Gew.=181gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Literature … More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Nabu Press, 92 Seiten, L=189mm, B=246mm, H=5mm, Gew.=181gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Literature - Classics / Criticism], Kartoniert/Broschiert This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.<

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