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From: gooley@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: The White Man's burden
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Date: Wed, 15-Jan-86 21:24:00 EST
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Nf-From: uicsl.UUCP!gooley    Jan 15 20:24:00 1986


I thought that Kipling meant it ironically, his message being that imperialism
is on the whole more costly to the empire-builders than their subjects;
therefore it is not a worthwhile endeavour.