CECIL RHODES.
Si.n'gb Robert Clive carved Emptrr in India for the British, tin man has so distinctly reclaimed from dark races what may be fitly, termed an Empire thaii Mr. Rhodes, whether he may be termed .-Adventurer/ Buccaneer,. Filibuster,, or Sutesmau, is a in.itter of'contention, lint the fact remains
ihat.by b.ispptent individiwlity he is building iip ii mighty South African Empire to the Jiinglish; and, by the practical tenuis that leems to govern all his: actions, lie is bringing th«.. hitherto wild lauds north. and south of the Zambesi into tot: bosom of civilisation, »nd thegloiious Union Jack now'flnjters lathe.breeze uiuler, jn any parallels of; ,1 atltade in: what; was only a ; . few-years sgo'deserlbed; by Stanley as Darkest Africa.' 4 The carßsr of .Cecil Rhodes - has been one' 'it mHKiiihopnt for tune, .but' it has beea , } n ' e eminent abilities, and those abilities directed by a happy chance iu a groove exactly titled to the bent of his temperament, to dare in big undertakings, ,
Admiration ia applicable to : many things. ' t may be; towii.rtls nu individual character, <\ bc.iuiifiil picture, a beautiful' faee, a •spleuilul of sculpture, a racehorse like 01 Ormonde, or the plumage of a bud of piiiMilue; but the lover of a good •?iiiol;c V. l '' Tirrfor to admire tho delicious flavour of the Indian Chief Cigarettes,.which arc now taking the New Zealaud market by «prm, *
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8617, 22 December 1896, Page 2
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228CECIL RHODES. Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8617, 22 December 1896, Page 2
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