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The South Sea Islander must leave his canoe carving, his sweet rest, and his graceful dances, and become the slave of a slave: trousers, shoddy, rum, missionary, and fatal disease—he must swallow all this civilization in the lump, and neither himself nor we can help him now till social order displaces the hideous tyranny of gambling that has ruined him. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDER MUST LEAVE HIS CANOE CARVING HIS SWEET REST AND HIS GRACEFUL DANCES AND BECOME THE SLAVE OF A SLAVE TROUSERS SHORTY RUM MISSIONARY AND FATAL DISEASE HE MUST SWALLOW ALL THIS CIVILIZATION IN THE LUMP AND NEITHER HIMSELF NOR WE CAN HELP HIM NOW TILL SOCIAL ORDER DISPLACES THE HIDEOUS TYRANNY OF GAMBLING THAT HAS RUINED HIM
s for him: for so far-reaching is this curse of commercial war that no country is safe from its ravages; the traditions of a thousand years fall before it in a month; it overruns a weak or semi-barbarous country, and whatever romance or pleasure or art existed there, is trodden down into a mire of sordidness and ugliness; the Indian or Javanese craftsman may no longer ply his craft leisurely, working a few hours a day, in producing a maze of strange beauty on a piece of cloth: a steam-engine is set a-going at Manchester, and that victory over nature and a thousand stubborn difficulties is used for the base work of producing a sort of plaster of china-clay and shoddy, and the Asiatic worker, if he is not starved to death outright, as plentifully happens, is driven himself into a factory to lower the wages of his Manchester brother worker, and nothing of character is left him except, most like, an accumulation of fear and hatred of that to him most unaccountable evil, his English master. VE CHEAPNESS DETERMINES FOR HIM FOR SO FAR REACHING IS THIS CURSE OF COMMERCIAL WAR THAT NO COUNTRY IS SAFE FROM ITS RAVAGES THE TRADITIONS OF A THOUSAND YEARS FALL BEFORE IT IN A MONTH IT OVERRUNS A WEAK OR SEMI BARBAROUS COUNTRY AND WHATEVER ROMANCE OR PLEASURE OR ART EXISTED THERE IS TRODDEN DOWN INTO A MIRE OF SORDIDNESS AND UGLINESS THE INDIAN OR JARNESE CRAFTSMAN MAY NO LONGER PLY HIS CRAFT LEISURELY WORKING A FEW HOURS A DAY IN PRODUCING A MAZE OF STRANGE BEAUTY ON A PIECE OF CLOTH A STEAM ENGINE IS SET AGOING AT MANCHESTER AND THAT VICTORY OVER NATURE AND A THOUSAND STUBBORN DIFFICULTIES IS USED FOR THE BASE WORK OF REDUCING A SORT OF PLASTER OF CHINA CLAY AND SHODDY AND THE ASIATIC WORKER IF HE IS NOT STARVED TO DEATH OUTRIGHT AS PLENTIFULLY HAPPENS IS DRIVEN HIMSELF INTO A FACTORY TO LOWER THE WAGES OF HIS MANCHESTER BROTHER WORKER AND NOTHING OF CHARACTER IS LEFT HIM EXCEPT MOST LIKE AN ACCUMULATION OF FEAR AND HATRED OF THAT TO HIM MOST UNACCOUNTABLE EVIL HIS ENGLISH MASTER
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