By what means,' said the prince, 'are the Europeans thus powerful? Or why, since they can so easily visit Asia and Africa for trade or conquest, cannot the Asiatics and Africans invade their coasts, plant colonies in their ports, and give laws to their... The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 577edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
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...earth, 'for trade or conquest', cannot the Asiatics and Africans repay the compliment. Cannot they, too, 'plant colonies in their ports, and give laws to their...wind that carries them back would bring us thither'. To this Imlac has a simply reply. The Europeans are more powerful simply because they are wiser; and... | |
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