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Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire a...

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Remember that you are an Englishman and consequently have won first prize in the lottery of life.

We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit th...

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So little done, so much to do.

Always remember that you are an Englishman and therefore have drawn first prize in the lottery of li...

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So much to do so little done.

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Cecil Rhodes

Businessman

Born: 1853-07-05

Died: 1902-03-26

Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. In his last will, he provided for the establishment of the prestigious international Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, the oldest graduate scholarship in the world.More