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    The Character of the British Empire
    The Character of the British Empire
    The Character of the British Empire
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    The Character of the British Empire

    By Ramsay Muir

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      The Character of the British Empire - Ramsay Muir

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      Title: The Character of the British Empire

      Author: Ramsay Muir

      Release Date: February 6, 2011 [EBook #35184]

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      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE ***

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      THE CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

      BY

      RAMSAY MUIR

      PROFESSOR OF MODERN HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

      NEW YORK

      GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

      MCMXVII

      I

      II

      III

      IV

      V

      VI

      THE CHARACTER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

      NOTE.—The following essay is based mainly upon a book by the same author entitled The Expansion of Europe, in which an attempt is made to estimate the part played by various nations in extending the civilisation of Europe over the whole world. A few references are therefore given to the fuller treatment of various aspects of the subject contained in the book.

      I

      Nearly all the great self-governing nations of the world are now combined in a desperate struggle against the scarcely-veiled military despotism of the Central European Powers, and the object of the struggle has been well denned by President Wilson as the securing of freedom for democracy, so that it shall be safe from the threats of militarist and conquering empires.

      In the forefront of the group of States engaged in the defence of democracy stands the British Empire, the greatest dominion that has ever existed in history, which covers a quarter of the earth's surface, and in which a quarter of the earth's population is subject (at any rate, in form) to the rule of two small European islands.

      The very existence of this huge Empire seems to many people to stultify in some degree the cause for which the world's democracies are fighting. It seems, at first sight, to be simply the greatest example of that spirit of conquest and of military dominion against which we are striving. This is the view taken by some neutrals. Imperialism is the enemy, says one Swiss writer; whatever form it takes, German or Russian, British or French, it is equally the foe of free government. The Germans themselves make great play with this notion. They describe the British Empire as a vast, greedy tyranny, built up by fraud. They invite us to free the oppressed millions of India before we talk hypocritically about liberty. They assert that the naval supremacy of Britain is far more dangerous to the freedom of the world than the military power of Germany could ever be. Some people even in the allied countries are affected by doubts of this kind. The Russian Socialists, for whom imperialism has in the past meant nothing but a hideous repression of freedom, are ready to assume that the British Empire, because it is called an empire, must mean the same ugly things. And criticism of the same kind can sometimes be heard in France, in Italy, in the United States, and in Britain herself.

      Our purpose, in this short paper, is to examine the truth of these superficial impressions. But before we do so there are two preliminary observations worth making.

      The first is that men's minds are extraordinarily easily influenced by mere words. The word Empire suggests, to many, conquest and dominion over

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