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Title: Pillars of empire, studies & impressions;
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928 Courtney, Janet Elizabeth Hogarth, 1865-
Subjects: Statesmen -- Great Britain Imperialism Great Britain -- Biography Great Britain -- Politics and government 19th century
Publisher: London, Jarrolds
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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d a genius with somestrange limitations. Material as were his ambitions,he yet was an idealist, and for this reason, as well asfor others, there was nothing sordid or mean or poverty-stricken in his character. He loved a fight in the open ;he did not care for intrigues in the dark. He amassedwealth carelessly and spent what he had gained as 148 PILLARS OF EMPIRE carelessly ; but for money as an end of life he had noliking. Money was power and therefore was valuable ;he had no miserly instincts. Sometimes, perhaps, heshowed himself to be a bad judge of character ; orperhaps he employed men for particular objects, andwhen these objects were gained had no further use forthem. At all events he knew how to win mens loyalty.His was a great, genial personality, wide, generous,overflowing—with much of the nature of a schoolboyand the quick intelligence of a far-sighted statesman.It is easy to criticize such impulsive souls : in Rhodesscase it is more useful perhaps to appreciate and admire.
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LORD MILNER CHAPTER V ALFRED MILNER AND JOSEPHCHAMBERLAIN It is impossible to write of Alfred Milner as HighCommissioner of South Africa (1897-1905) without alsowriting of Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary(1895-1903). It has been said of Chamberlain thathe was the first real Secretary for the Colonies—thefirst, that is, to administer them with a clear visionof the part they were destined to play in the future ofthe British Empire. Doubtless there were Iraperial-ists before Chamberlain—Grey, Frere, Rhodes, to gono farther than South Africa ; but, except Disraeli,whose Oriental origin coloured his dream of Empire,no great British statesman had taught the Britishnation to think imperially until the Birminghammerchant and municipal reformer went to the ColonialOffice. In Milner he found his perfect instrument.There is a story which, if not true, is at least wellinvented, that on a certain day in the winter of 1896-7Mr. Chamberlain, distracted by South African diffi-culties, went

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