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Thinking black; 22 years without a break in the long grass of Central ...

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408 THINKING BLACK<br />

sums up a hundred African needs <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> dear old phrase,<br />

" <strong>the</strong> th<strong>in</strong> crust <strong>of</strong> conventionality." Then it is England's<br />

boy shr<strong>in</strong>ks suddenly <strong>in</strong>to himself, <strong>the</strong> awaken<strong>in</strong>g be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

rude and poignant. Nor dare a Missionary, who serves<br />

<strong>the</strong> God Whose name is Jealous, be silent, for He hath<br />

cursed <strong>the</strong> man who " w<strong>in</strong>keth with <strong>the</strong> eye." Gentle-<br />

men, to ignore is to w<strong>in</strong>k, and thus to palliate, so<br />

** suffer <strong>the</strong> word <strong>of</strong> exhortation."

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