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White Man's Burden

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White Man’s Burden
imperialist’s duty to educate the uncivilized. [Br. Hist.: Brewer’s Dictionary, 1152]


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There had been a remand, then assurances on the part of a harassed father, and the young man had gone out to bear the White Man's Burden overseas.
 
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