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other peoples to the English model, as well as a high respect for human life, 
even in the cases of coloured peoples.  . . . . 881 
285, Imperial Administration. The Roman Empire had dealt with 
the same problems, but it was less fitted to grapple with them, from its 
military origin, its territorial character, and the economic pressure it 
entailed ; while England has set herself to diffuse political power and to 
devise an uncorrupt and efficient system of eivil administration in con- 
junction with democratic institutions. . . . 883