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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 conjunction
 with democratic institutions. . . . 883