The Last Will and Testament of Cecil John Rhodes: With Elucidatory Notes to which are Added Some Chapters Describing the Political and Religious Ideas of the Testator |
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Page 114 - My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God : but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars : thou shall not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Page 58 - I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit, the better it is for the human race.
Page 61 - Empire and, finally, the foundation of so great a Power as to hereafter render wars impossible and promote the best interests of humanity.
Page 36 - ... qualities of manhood truth courage devotion to duty sympathy for the protection of the weak kindliness unselfishness and fellowship and (iv.) his exhibition during school days of moral force of character and of instincts to lead and to take an interest in his schoolmates...
Page 4 - I admire the grandeur and loneliness of the Matoppos in Rhodesia, and therefore I desire to be buried in the Matoppos on the hill which I used to visit, and which I called the 'View of the World...
Page 36 - My desire being that the students who shall be elected to the scholarships shall not be merely bookworms, I direct that in the election of a student to a Scholarship regard shall be had to: 1. his literary and scholastic attainments; 2. his fondness for and success in manly outdoor sports such as cricket, football and the like; 3.
Page 27 - I also desire to encourage and foster an appreciation of the advantages which I implicitly believe will result from the union of the English-speaking peoples throughout the world and to encourage in the students from the United States of North America who will benefit from the American Scholarships to be established...
Page 29 - ... to the country from which they have sprung but without I hope withdrawing them or their sympathies from the land of their adoption or birth. Now therefore I direct my Trustees as soon as may be after my death and either simultaneously or gradually as they shall find convenient and if gradually then in such order as they shall think fit to establish for male students the Scholarships hereinafter directed to be established each of which shall be of the yearly value of £300 and be tenable at any...
Page 114 - The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment, Before the Present poor and bare Can make its sneering comment. Still, through our paltry stir and strife, Glows down the wished Ideal, And Longing moulds in clay what Life Carves in the marble Real...
Page 149 - I will lay down my own policy on this native question. Either you have to receive them on an equal footing as citizens, or to call them a subject race. I have made up my mind that there must be class legislation, that there must be Pass Laws...