Whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.
Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.
These men are strong, keen-witted, and able to do splendid execution with their long spears, either when guarding their feeding cattle and sheep or when going out to kill big game. All these women are matrons; their heavy necklaces of brass wire are marks of distinction assumed on their marriage. As young girls, some of them were probably comely after a fashion, but their life is now a hard one. They do the work of every kind outside the hunting and cattle herding. They do all the house-building, all the planting and cultivating and harvesting, all the milking and cooking, in addition to caring for their children. The ceaseless toil soon wears them out. At twenty they are old and ugly. Few live beyond the age of forty.