...paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now as ominous. He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development...supernatural beings — we approach them with the might as of deity,' and so on, and so on. ' By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically...

...paragraph, how«ver, in the light of later information, strikes me MOW -*s ominous. He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development...can exert a power for good practically unbounded,' &c., &c. From that point be soared and took me with him. The peroratiop was magnificent, though difficult...

...paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now as ominous. He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development we had arrived atl'must necessarilv appear to them [savages] in the_ nature of supematuraHTeingsAwe~app7oach them...

...paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now -as ominous. He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development...supernatural beings — we approach them with the might as of deity, and so on, and so on. 'By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically...

...Society for the Suppression of Savage Customs'. Marlow picks out the opening sentence which argues that 'we whites, from the point of development we...beings - we approach them with the might as of a deity. ... By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded"' (pp. 86-7)....

...describes as "eloquent, vibrating with eloquence, but too high-strung, I think": He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development we had arrived at, "must necessarily appear to [savages] in the nature of supernatural beings — we approach them with the might as of a deity,"...

...it, I've read it. ... Seventeen pages of close writing he had found time for!. . . He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development...supernatural beings — we approach them with the might of a deity," and so on and on. "By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically...

...and natives in the African jungle: 'We [the white Europeans] . . . must necessarily appear to them in the nature of supernatural beings - we approach them with the might as of a deity By the simple exercise of our will we can exert a power for good practically unbounded'.3 Although...

...Johnston's Kurtz, the character in Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel, Heart of Darkness, who claimed Hampton "that we whites, from the point of development we had arrived at, 'must necessarily Album appear to [black Africans] in the nature of supernatural beings . . . [who] can exert a power...

...paragraph, however, in the light of later information, strikes me now as ominous. He began with the argument that we whites, from the point of development...can exert a power for good practically unbounded," &c., &c. From that point he soared and took me with him. The peroration was magnificent, though difficult...