“It is manifest destiny that Anglo-Saxon aspiration, language, and civilisation should dominate the world. With the realisation of this hope, business interests will prevent war; despotism will be good-naturedly hissed from the stage; Europe will be commercially united; production and exchange will be so adjusted as to employ all willing hands; the arsenals will become factories; the great guns will be stood erect as pillars in historic museums; the muskets will be cast into gas pipes, and swords into sheep-shears, and the gods will look down and smile upon the first generation of truly civilised men!
“Then, at the consummation of these noble purposes, when a monument shall have been erected in honor of those who led in the emancipation of humanity, on the highest tablet on the Temple of Eternal Fame, and in letters of imperishable splendor, shall be emblazoned,—
‘Zelania.’”
FOOTNOTES
[A] The Remarkable Mountains, on the easterly side of Lake Wakatipu, S. Island.
[B] Lands for Settlement Act.
[C] During the 19th century the common use of the English language increased over 500 per cent., as against 150 per cent. for the German, 102 for the Italian, and about 66 for the French and Spanish. It is practically the business, and is rapidly becoming the “polite” language of the “civilised” world.
[D] The Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1900, with amendments.
[E] Employers Liability Act, 1882, practically superseded by The Workers Compensation for Accident, 1900, Act.