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cort runications have made a gulf between the England of 1870 and
the England of 1900.11 (1)
A Liberal writer in 1899
nostalgically rem. obered the halycon days of the mid-nineteenth
century when, - ".., the name of Arnold was still a living
force in our English schools and the name of Hatzini was being
whispered in every English home. " The era of peace, economy
and reform could be contrasted with the present "... universal
scramble for plunder, for oxcitment, for amusement, for
speculation, and above it all the flag of a hooligan
Imperialism is rained with the proclamation that it is the
sole mission of Anglo-Saxon England forgetful of the tank of
keeping its own drains in order, to expand and extend its
boundaries indefinitely, and again, in the name of the
Christianity it has practically abandonned, to conquer and
inherit the earth. "
(2) W, E. H, Lecky referred to the 'Groat
revolution of opinion which has taken place in England within
the last few yearn about the real value to her both of her
colonies and of her Indian Empire. "
(3) But along with enthusiasm
for the colonies went a growing belief in further expansion of the
(1) The Iteort of Empire. Op cit, p. 309.
(2) Coýrporarv Peyiew, 1899, op cit.
(3) kä. . x. Lhcky, TheEmpire, its value and itch ; rowth, an
inauceral address at the Imperial Institute, 20th i4ovember
1893, published 1893, pp"3-4.