单词 | Cecil Rhodes |
例句 | But if black South Africans could go back in time and kill one person, Cecil Rhodes would come up before Hitler. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town rose up to remove a statue of the colonial minister Cecil Rhodes. 10 Plays and Musicals to Go to in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Back in South Africa, against the prevailing ethos, he defends Cecil Rhodes and his scholarship trust. Romantic contrarian 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z As it happens, Cecil Rhodes’s grave lies within the boundaries of Matobo, atop a hill known as Malindidzimu, Ndebele for “place of benevolent spirits.” A Birder’s Paradise in Zimbabwe 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z According to the bar’s website, famous figures in South Africa’s history — sports stars, dignitaries, even the controversial diamond baron Cecil Rhodes — trod the floorboards of the old Persies, as it is known. A $1,000 Day in Cape Town for $100 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z The Rhodes is funded by the estate of Cecil Rhodes, a decidedly terrible man who profited unequivocally from the colonization and exploitation of African peoples and territories. The Rhodes scholarship wasn’t designed for my people — that’s why I had to win 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He defended Britain during the Boer War, became a pal of Cecil Rhodes, and made clear his jingoist reverence for the military virtues. In defense of Rudyard Kipling and ‘The Jungle Books’ 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z There was the man who, while nice, wanted to talk about “whether Cecil Rhodes was that bad” before I’d even had a morning cuppa. My search for Mr Woke: a dating diary 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The Fall,” written and performed by South African students about the 2015 student movement to have the statue of Cecil Rhodes removed from the University of Cape Town campus. Upon Further Review: Readers Tell Us What Deserved to Be Top 10 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Twain also includes fictional stories within the book – tall tales like Cecil Rhodes finding a newspaper in the belly of a shark. Paul Theroux on travelling 2012-06-25T11:00:00Z Entrepreneurs like the German-born Frederick Sander seized control of great swaths of the market, operating with the imperial style of a Cecil Rhodes. ‘Orchidelirium’ Explodes With Color at New York Botanical Garden 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z In late 2015 and early 2016, a petition circulated and students protested on campus, calling for the removal of the statue of Cecil Rhodes, a progenitor of apartheid. Oxford to Honor Jan Morris, Jeanette Winterson and Others With Portraits 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The sponsorships were created in 1902 by the will of Cecil Rhodes, a founder of the diamond mining and manufacturing company De Beers. US Rhodes scholars selected through in-person interviews for the first time since COVID pandemic 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Entering South Africa’s diamond trade as a young man, for example, Cecil Rhodes of Britain established a company called De Beers in 1888 that soon monopolized the diamond market. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Cecil Rhodes House in Camden, named after the mining magnate, was renamed Park View House and Cassland Road Gardens in Hackney, named after merchant Sir John Cass, is also to be renamed. Black Boy Lane renamed due to 'racial connotations' 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z Two years ago in neighbouring South Africa, a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes was decapitated. Namibia pulls down German colonial officer's statue in Windhoek 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But it’s hard to understand how an African celebrity is willing to partner with a ruthless carte l company such as De Beers, which was once run by founder Cecil Rhodes, the notoriously racist colonizer. Opinion | Carmen Sandiego had nothing on these Russian plunderers 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Cecil Rhodes, a successful businessman and a major supporter of British expansion, clearly stated this position: World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In 2015 he waded into the row at Oxford University, criticising the demand of activists that a statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oriel College should be removed. FW de Klerk: South Africa's last white president 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z As Cecil Rhodes himself said, “I would annex the planets if I could.” Opinion | Elon Musk Is Building a Sci-Fi World, and the Rest of Us Are Trapped in It 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z A debate also continues to rage at Oxford University’s Oriel College around a statue of former student Cecil Rhodes, a 19th-century British imperialist known for his racist views. Statue of Christopher Columbus in Mexico City to be replaced by Indigenous female figure 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Tora initially balked at even applying for a Rhodes scholarship, given the legacy of its namesake, Cecil Rhodes, the 19th-century imperialist whose white supremacist views are viewed by some as a precursor to apartheid. The First Afghan Rhodes Scholar Saved Her Father, and Wants to Do More 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z And scholars at Oxford University have boycotted one of its colleges because it has a statue of the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on its facade. Bank of England Removes Art of Leaders Linked to Slave Trade 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Around 150 Oxford University academics are refusing to teach at one of its colleges after it decided to keep the controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes: Oxford lecturers boycott Oriel College over statue decision 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z An Oxford University college will not "begin the legal process" to remove a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes from its building. Removal of Oxford's Cecil Rhodes statue on hold over costs 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Other historic buildings nearby, including a 225-year-old windmill and a restaurant near a memorial to British colonial politician Cecil Rhodes, also burned down. Cape Town wildfire: About 90% of blaze now contained 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z The fire started early on Sunday near a memorial to politician Cecil Rhodes, located on Devils Peak, another part of Cape Town's mountainous backdrop, before spreading rapidly up the slopes. Table Mountain wildfire threatens University of Cape Town | Reuters The sweep of reconciliation also grew globally to include unflinching looks at British colonial-era politicians such as Winston Churchill and Cecil Rhodes. Who owns America’s history? The answer will define what replaces fallen monuments. 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Rhodes Avenue primary school was named, indirectly, after Thomas Rhodes, who died when Cecil Rhodes — the imperialist the activists disapprove of — was 3. Opinion | The sensitivity sweepstakes of 2020 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z “Are the Cecil Rhodes memorials that arc from Oxford to South Africa, occasioning a ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement, really so different from Robert E. Lee statues in the United States?” he said. Nations grapple with pasts after U.S. protests for racial justice 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Oxford University’s Oriel College recommended the same month removing a statue of Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes. UK’s National Trust details historic sites’ links to slavery 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In one of the latest incidents, a bronze bust of 19th century white supremacist Cecil Rhodes was decapitated a week ago in Cape Town, South Africa. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes is going to stay in place outside an Oxford college until at least next year. Oxford Rhodes statue staying until next year 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Oriel College in Oxford announced it planned to take down the statue of 19th Century colonialist Cecil Rhodes, while a statue of slave trader Edward Colston was toppled and thrown into Bristol's harbour. Football legend opposes renaming colonial roads 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Boris Johnson said that he opposes taking down the statue of 19th century explorer and imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University’s Oriel College, his alma mater, saying people should not be protected from history’s “imperfections.” Boris Johnson opposes removing Rhodes statue from alma mater 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z And one of Oxford University’s colleges said Wednesday it would remove a statue to Cecil Rhodes, an imperialist whose white supremacist views are viewed by some as a precursor to apartheid. Britain Grapples With Its Racist Past, From the Town Square to the Boardroom 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z The college is to launch an "independent commission of inquiry" into the legacy of Cecil Rhodes, which also includes scholarships at the university. Rhodes protesters to fight on while statue remains 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z In the wake of protests against other statues related to slavery and colonialism - such as Edward Colston in Bristol - there were calls in Oxford for the statue of Cecil Rhodes to be taken down. Oxford Rhodes statue staying until next year 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z That reinvigorated demands for the removal of other monuments, including a statue of Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University. UK’s Johnson calls anti-racism commission; critics want more 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The authorities in London covered up memorials of Churchill to protect them from vandals, while Oxford University faced calls to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes. In an English City, an Early Benefactor Is Now ‘a Toxic Brand’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, thousands of Black Lives Matter protesters, backed by Oxford city council, called for the removal of a memorial in Oriel College to British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, who supported apartheid-style measures in southern Africa. The day Bristol toppled Colston – and a nation began to search its soul 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Inspired by similar movements in South Africa, it sought to remove the statue of Oriel College's imperialist benefactor Cecil Rhodes and to reform Oxford University's curriculum to focus less on white Europeans. Five factors behind the UK George Floyd protests 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Protestors had argued that the statue of Cecil Rhodes, a 19th Century businessman and politician in colonial-era Africa, was a symbol of racist attitudes. Oxford Rhodes statue staying until next year 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Protesters also have decried monuments to slave traders, imperialists and explorers, including Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Houston’s oft-vandalized Columbus statue has hand lopped off 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z A boisterous student-led campaign pressed the University of Cape Town to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the school’s entrance in April 2015. Pulling down statues of racists? Africa’s done it for years 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z Protesters also have decried monuments to slave traders, imperialists and explorers, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Houston to remove Confederate statues from city parks 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z In Oxford, thousands of people peacefully protested to remove the statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Tuesday as part of the Black Lives Matter movement. Scout founder statue to be removed 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z A protest is scheduled for Tuesday night at Oxford University to demand the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a 19th century businessman in southern Africa long accused of imperialist exploitation. George Floyd to be buried Tuesday as global anti-racism protests spread 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Now the protesters are turning their sights on statues of Cecil Rhodes, an even more potent symbol of Britain’s racist colonial past. ‘Get Rid of Them’: A Statue Falls as Britain Confronts Its Racist History 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Colston’s demise also reinvigorated Oxford University campaigners calling for the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a Victorian imperialist in southern Africa who made a fortune from mines and endowed the university’s Rhodes scholarships. In Bristol, toppling of slave trader’s statue a major moment 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Opposition to the Colston statue grew at around the same time as the Rhodes Must Fall campaign, which called for the statue of Cecil Rhodes, an ardent imperialist, to be removed from Oriel College, Oxford. BLM protesters topple statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Endowed by Cecil Rhodes through his will in 1902, it was initially intended to encourage closer ties between the US and Britain through funding postgraduate study at Oxford. Remarkable journey from refugee to Oxford scholar 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Tora was admittedly hesitant to apply for the Rhodes Scholarship due to the legacy of the award’s namesake: Cecil Rhodes. Earlham student is 1st Rhodes Scholar from Afghanistan 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Colston’s ignominious fate may not bode well for a statue of Cecil Rhodes that sits uneasily at the Oxford University college where he studied. ‘Get Rid of Them’: A Statue Falls as Britain Confronts Its Racist History 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Rhodes scholarships were created in 1902 in the will of Cecil Rhodes, a British businessman and Oxford graduate who was a prime minister of the Cape Colony in present-day South Africa. First transgender Rhodes scholar named in diverse 2020 class 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z Zimbabwe itself used to be known as Rhodesia, after the 19th Century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Uproar as roads named after Mugabe successor 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Although a statue of the anti-colonial activist might seem a more surprising target than those of Horatio Nelson or Cecil Rhodes, Khan said “anti-black racism” in south Asian communities was not addressed often enough. Manchester council urged to reject statue of 'anti-black racist' Gandhi 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z “Cecil Rhodes did not want anyone who looks like me, a person of color and a woman, to be a part of the Rhodes Scholarship,” Tora said. Earlham student is 1st Rhodes Scholar from Afghanistan 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z At the University of Oxford, there was a long-running dispute over a statue to Cecil Rhodes, a controversial 19th Century colonial politician. Cambridge investigates its slavery links 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z The protests started at UCT and began with calls for a prominent statue of British colonial businessman and politician Cecil Rhodes to be removed from the university’s main campus. Racism rife at top South African university, says report 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z At Oxford, a Rhodes Scholar from South Africa recently led a campaign to take down a statue of Cecil Rhodes. The Family That Built an Empire of Pain 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The scholarship was created in 1902 by British businessmen and politician Cecil Rhodes and provides all expenses for at least two years of study at Oxford. Rhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to US 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The scholarship was created in 1902 by British businessmen and politician Cecil Rhodes and provides all expenses for at least two years of study at Oxford. Rhodes scholar and ‘Dreamer’ fears he can’t return to US 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z The eighth remains in the old bedroom of 19th Century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, whose home in the South African city of Cape Town is now a museum. A guide to Africa's 'looted treasures' 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z They were created in 1902 in the will of Cecil Rhodes, a British businessman and Oxford alum who was a prime minister of the Cape Colony in present-day South Africa. Rhodes scholar class features plenty of women, immigrants 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z South Africa's University of Cape Town removed a statue of 19th Century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes after a student-led campaign. Protesters halt work on Gandhi statue 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Compared with other recent targets of political iconoclasts—stalwarts of the Confederacy and Cecil Rhodes—Gandhi seems an unlikely symbol of racial arrogance. Gandhi for the Post-Truth Age 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z It is Cecil Rhodes near the end of his life. Statue wars: what should we do with troublesome monuments? 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The 2015 campaign to remove a statue of the imperialist Cecil Rhodes from Oriel College Oxford was quickly framed as evidence that student campaigns were seeking to rewrite history. The free speech panic: how the right concocted a crisis 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z De Beers, the 130-year-old diamond company founded by Cecil Rhodes with funding from the Rothschild family, is to start selling diamonds “grown” in a laboratory near Ascot, Berkshire. De Beers to sell diamonds 'grown' in Berkshire laboratory 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Among them are those at the centre of our current statue wars – Cecil Rhodes, Lord Kitchener, Jan Smuts – all immortalised on prominent plinths. Winnie Mandela was a hero. If she’d been white, there would be no debate | Afua Hirsch 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The result is far removed from the legacy of Cecil Rhodes, a South African diamond magnate and devoted British imperialist who saw the scholarships he endowed as very much an Anglo-Saxon and male privilege. Rhodes Scholarships Go Global as Students From Anywhere Now Qualify 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z It first came into use during the #RhodesMustFall campaign by students at the University of Cape Town to bring down a statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes. How Jacob Zuma's presidency shaped South African speech 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Zimbabwe began life as a colony of the British South African Company in the late 19th Century, run by the British empire-builder, Cecil Rhodes. How UK-Zimbabwe relations went sour 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The idea that statues need to stay put for history’s sake was also invoked in the debate about Oxford University’s statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, which remains in place despite protests. White supremacist statues must fall. Even when they are of famous scientists | Yarden Katz 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z After some debate, Oriel College at Britain’s University of Oxford last year decided to keep a controversial statue of Cecil Rhodes, the nineteenth-century businessman and committed imperialist. Removing statues of historical figures risks whitewashing history 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Yes, ever since the trade secretary took office and promptly stuck up a portrait of Cecil Rhodes in his office, Fox has been flying round the world in the service of pipe dream-traffickers. David Cameron, why oh why are you still talking? | Marina Hyde 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z “The arrangement returns to the times of Francis Drake and Cecil Rhodes,” it noted. Russia Deploys a Potent Weapon in Syria: The Profit Motive 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z The university faced a high-profile controversy last year over whether a statue of Cecil Rhodes should be removed - after claims that the Victorian colonialist's attitudes on race made him an unsuitable figure to be commemorated. Oxford University puts up more portraits of women - BBC News 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z A South African activist who campaigned to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes has been given a place at Oxford - as a Rhodes scholar. Joshua Nott: Rhodes Must Fall activist wins Rhodes scholarship - BBC News 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Last year students in South Africa successfully campaigned for the removal, from the University of Cape Town campus, of a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a notoriously racist mining magnate who died in 1902. 'Racist' Gandhi statue banished from Ghana university campus 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z But a statue of apartheid-era figure CR Swart was among several torn down at the university in February - in a move echoing the removal of a Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Capetown. South Africa unease plays out on campus - BBC News 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Protesters have attacked statues of Cecil Rhodes in South Africa and England. A Point of View: Will future generations condemn us? - BBC News 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Oxford University is defending this statue of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus whose largess created the prestigious Rhodes scholarships. Your Friday Evening Briefing: Donald Trump, Oregon, Flint 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Rhodes Scholarship benefactor Cecil Rhodes is under attack at Oxford University, where some sensitive students want to erase his name from the school’s history. Climate Extremism 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Mr. Patten was answering demands that the university expunge its history with Cecil Rhodes, including removing a statue of its imperialist graduate and benefactor. Rhodes Must Not Fall 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z A YouGov poll held ahead of Tuesday’s Oxford Union debate about removing the statue of Cecil Rhodes from outside Oriel College showed that 43% of British people thought that the empire was a good thing. Empire state of mind – why do so many people think colonialism was a good thing? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Protesters in South Africa and now Oxford have demanded the destruction of memorials to Cecil Rhodes, a man whose behaviour and beliefs they say are unacceptable in the modern world. A Point of View: Will future generations condemn us? - BBC News 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z LONDON—Oxford University’s storied debating society sparred Tuesday over whether or not to venerate Cecil Rhodes, whose controversial legacy is at the center of an escalating spat between students and faculty. Oxford Debates Legacy of Controversial Alumnus Cecil Rhodes 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z A statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes is upsetting students in Oxford. Will 'Rhodes Must Fall' fail? - BBC News 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z Now a statue of Cecil Rhodes, a Victorian imperialist in South Africa, is under threat at Oriel College, Oxford. Running out of Rhodes 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Activists are campaigning for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford college. When is it right to remove a statue? - BBC News 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z Like many of you, I suspect, I've been following the fight over that statue of Cecil Rhodes at Oxford. A Point of View: Will future generations condemn us? - BBC News 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Cecil Rhodes attended Oriel College and and left money to the college on his death in 1902. Oxford college considers removing Rhodes statue - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The scholarship program was created by the will of Cecil Rhodes, a British imperialist, politician and businessman who expanded the British empire in Africa. Georgia college students chosen as Rhodes scholars 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z In March, students at the University of Cape Town earned global attention as they rallied to demand the removal of a campus statute of the Cecil Rhodes, the controversial late British colonialist. South African Students Revolt Against Tuition Hikes 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z In March, a student threw excrement at a statue of Cecil Rhodes, the British imperialist who donated land to the university. Students in South Africa Protest Slow Pace of Change 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z To the state-run Herald newspaper, the most remarkable aspect of the case was the lion's name, which it linked to British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, after whom the former Rhodesia named. Zimbabwean charged over killing of Cecil the lion 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z A statue of Cecil Rhodes was attacked and then ultimately taken down at the University of Cape Town, after being identified by protesters as a symbol of a colonial, pre-apartheid era. Oxford college considers removing Rhodes statue - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z Since 1934, it had enjoyed pride of place on land bequeathed for the campus in Cecil Rhodes's will. Do Africa's colonial relics really matter? 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The statue, of course, was of Cecil Rhodes - British diamond magnate, politician and unapologetic colonialist. Cecil Rhodes monument: A necessary anger? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z A monument to British colonialist Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town has been taken down after students protested saying it was a symbol of historical white oppression. Fallen symbols: Five other removed statues 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z South Africa's University of Cape Town will remove a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday, a symbolic step that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid. Statue row blots Mandela's post-apartheid vision for South Africa 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z An Oxford college is considering removing a statue of the 19th Century politician, Cecil Rhodes, in response to a student anti-racism campaign. Oxford college considers removing Rhodes statue - BBC News 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z The spate of attacks on statues began last month at the University of Cape Town, where excrement was poured over a monument to 19th Century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. South African whites rally at colonial-era statues 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Cecil Rhodes's statue on the steps of the University of Cape Town has now been boarded up. Why is Cecil Rhodes such a controversial figure? 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z The English geologist Cecil Rhodes was the first to dream of exploiting the area’s wealth after he landed in southern Africa in the late 19th century with funding from bankers in the City of London. The Hedge Fund and the Despot 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z It was "the biggest plunder of diamonds since Cecil Rhodes", it said, referring to a British colonial mining magnet. Zimbabwe diamonds: $2bn 'stolen' 2012-11-13T08:05:08Z In 1894 also appeared The God in the Car, a novel suggested by the ambiguous influence on English society of Cecil Rhodes’s career; and Half a Hero, a complementary study of Australian politics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z If, like Cecil Rhodes, we undertake for instance to paint the map of Africa British red, we shall want a monopoly of the product of the Kimberley and adjacent diamond mines. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z Protesters in South Africa are calling for a statue of Cecil Rhodes, one of the most committed imperialists of the 19th Century, to be taken down. Why is Cecil Rhodes such a controversial figure? 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Now his name and that of his widow, Mica, will live on at Oxford University alongside that of Cecil Rhodes, the benefactor of Oxford's famous Rhodes Scholars. Behind the Big Oxford Humanities Gift 2012-03-01T22:02:46Z When some digger comes along and digs up my skull and Cecil Rhodes’ skull, who’ll tell which was Mat Rentoul’s, and which Rhodes’?” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z To Cecil Rhodes, another Anglo-African pioneer, a great national memorial has been erected on the slopes of Table Mountain. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z It shows a colossal figure of Cecil Rhodes standing on a map of Africa with one foot planted in Egypt and the other at the Cape. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Quickened Nordic race-consciousness played an important part in stimulating Anglo-American fraternization, and induced acts like the Oxford Scholarship legacy of Cecil Rhodes. The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy 2011-09-13T02:00:33.070Z In the name of Cecil Rhodes I give you Godspeed!” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z To Ralegh, as to Cecil Rhodes, gold meant power; but, more than gold, he desired the sensation of freedom on the wide sea, and the long journey to the unknown land. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z The British Empire's expansion into Africa was driven by traders like Cecil Rhodes But how was an empire controlled with such a small force? Numbers game 2011-07-22T23:17:42Z And yet the spirit of Spencer's "First Principles" was in reality as different from that of Hearn as was the spirit of St. Francis from that, for instance, of Cecil Rhodes. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Of course it may be said that it was well known that I was connected with Cecil Rhodes and that the photographer therefore would have no difficulty in faking a portrait. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z “You must hear Cecil Rhodes some day telling the boys to extend the Empire.” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The chronicle is here of some born to greatness, like Queen Victoria; of those, like Cecil Rhodes, who have achieved it. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z The first British team to visit the Cape went in 1891 through the generosity of Cecil Rhodes, who guaranteed the undertaking against loss. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" 2011-04-03T02:00:20.883Z "Golly, and me too?" added a damsel of dusky Libyan charms, clinging close to the stalwart arm of Napoleonic Cecil Rhodes. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z She declared that she saw Cecil Rhodes, and that he spoke to her, and that he was standing behind me when the plate was exposed. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z There they lay, sleeping in the sunshine: Cecil Rhodes’s “boys!” The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z The British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, who also founded the De Beers diamond company, envisaged a line from the Cape to Cairo to connect British colonies. Africa Gets $35 Billion Railways Led by China: Freight Markets 2011-03-11T00:23:47Z In our time much has been said of the ability of such a man as Cecil Rhodes and what he accomplished as an empire builder in South Africa. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z But speculation is swirling that some of the funds could be deployed to acquire majority control of De Beers, the mining company founded by Cecil Rhodes in the 19th century. Anglo American plans to unload Tarmac in ?3bn sell-off 2011-01-16T20:02:16Z And sure enough, when the plate was developed, there was Cecil Rhodes looking fifteen years younger than when he died. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z Except that is a paraphrase of a statement made 100 years ago by an arch English exceptionalist, Cecil Rhodes. Class of its own? 2010-12-24T11:01:24Z Ordinary people gain access to luxuries that would have made Cecil Rhodes gasp, such as television, air-conditioning and antibiotics. Schumpeter: Companies aren?t charities 2010-10-21T11:18:00Z Until 1976, when the British Parliament enacted a law overriding the will of Cecil Rhodes, only men could receive a Rhodes scholarship, one of the world’s most prestigious academic awards. David Alexander, Selector of Rhodes Scholars, Dies at 77 2010-07-31T03:46:00Z Cecil Rhodes once spoke of the British flag as a “great commercial asset” in South Africa, meaning merely that the imperial connexion was a source of strength and credit. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" When the plate came to be developed, although there was one well-defined figure standing behind me and several other faces half visible in the background, there was no portrait of Cecil Rhodes. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z For a time it supported the policy of Cecil Rhodes, but after 1895 separated itself from him. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The house was the property of Cecil Rhodes, and was bequeathed by him for the use of the prime minister of Federated South Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Neither of these politicians was a member of the Bond, and both had held office under Cecil Rhodes and W.P. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Mr Cecil Rhodes, the administrator of Rhodesia and at once a brilliantly clever and most popular man, dispensed hospitality on every side. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War "So much to do, so little done" were among the last words of Cecil Rhodes. Some Essentials of Religion In many ways one discovers brotherhood in people like Cecil Rhodes, the Kaiser, and Mr Roosevelt. A Novelist on Novels But he reckoned without the nation which produced Drake and Hawkins, Raleigh and Clive, and—Cecil Rhodes. The Triumph of Hilary Blachland Among the first to seek a fortune at the diamond fields was Cecil Rhodes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" As Jack was taken up to it a Kimberley-made shell, bearing the inscription “With Cecil Rhodes’s compliments” was placed in the breech and backed by a charge of explosive. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War When he sought the advice of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, retirement for a time was the counsel he received. Studies in Contemporary Biography “As the Master of Alfred’s sent Cecil Rhodes on to Auriol?” suggested the spruce young man, innocently. The Casual Ward academic and other oddments As an illustration of this: Cecil Rhodes grew, as we know, wealthy from the proceeds of vast undertakings; but men closely associated with him have assured me that Rhodes was a very indifferent "business man." The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations I began to demand in the intellectual slang of the time "more actuality," and to amaze my father with talk about empire makers and the greatness of Lord Strathcona and Cecil Rhodes. The Passionate Friends We are under the command of Colonel Kekewich, and Cecil Rhodes is here to keep us company. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Its selection from University graduates who best combine brains with physique is in the spirit of Cecil Rhodes. With Manchesters in the East Mr. Cecil Rhodes is a man who thinks sittings are superfluous. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 In the work of Mr. Waldo Story one admirable portrait bust is of Cecil Rhodes. Italy, the Magic Land A glib tongue, an attractive manner, a few hundred dollars thrown carelessly about, and presto! you have the counterfeit of a Cecil Rhodes. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Cecil Rhodes opened an Empire by mobilizing a black race; Jim Hill opened another when he struck westward with steel rails. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer They are the Cecil Rhodes, the Thomas Edisons, the Maurice Maeterlincks of their fields. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression Curiously enough, when Miss Carlisle was quite a young girl she came over to England on the same boat as Mr. Cecil Rhodes. The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 Rumour tells us there's a fine race of men up there, who don't mean to have any tongue but Cecil Rhodes's tongue taught in Cecil Rhodes's country, so it certainly is no place for you! The Rhodesian In October 1889, at the instance of Mr. Cecil Rhodes and others interested, the Chartered Company of British South Africa was incorporated, with the sanction of Her Majesty's Government. The Red True Story Book It was like 'Cecil Rhodes submitting to be horsewhipped by a Boer as an apology for some indefensible death incidental to the Jameson Raid.' Gilbert Keith Chesterton Cecil Rhodes at close quarters was peevish, irritable, and like a big spoilt child. The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty And Cecil Rhodes is directly responsible for the killing of thousands of black natives in South Africa, that he might secure their land. The Future of the American Negro Mr. Cecil Rhodes, immediately after the Raid, announced his intention of taking no further part in the politics of the Cape Colony, and of devoting himself, for the future, to the development of Rhodesia. Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 The will of Cecil Rhodes remains a tribute to the generosity and to the imagination of a great man, and is enough of itself to brush aside the quibbles of Mr Carnegie. American Sketches 1908 The fact that the casual traveller can see Victoria Falls from the train is due entirely to the foresight and the imagination of Cecil Rhodes. An African Adventure Short speeches were interchanged, and then the Duke and Duchess drove to Grootschur, to visit Mr. Cecil Rhodes. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Happily at that time Mr. Cecil Rhodes happened to be in the neighbourhood. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 I can very clearly picture Cecil Rhodes in one of his characteristic attitudes. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Cecil Rhodes was instrumental in enlarging British influence and territory in South Africa, and to him England owes a deep debt of gratitude. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Cecil Rhodes in his will left it to the Union as the permanent residence of the Prime Minister. An African Adventure With Mr. Cecil Rhodes, he was long upon terms of intimacy and never concealed his admiration for the great Imperialist's career and objects. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Mr. Cecil Rhodes came—he saw—and he conquered in all senses of the word. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Cecil Rhodes offered 25, which I declined to accept. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer A stout Bulawayo bourgeois was holding forth on the crankiness of Cecil Rhodes in choosing to be so lonely. Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales It was a memorable experience to be at Groote Schuur with Smuts, who has lived to see the realization of the hope of Union which thrilled always in the heart of Cecil Rhodes. An African Adventure The central figure in the beginning of the war—the great personality of Mr. Cecil Rhodes—had long been a friend and had been received by the Prince upon a kindly social footing. The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V Mr. Cecil Rhodes occupied the position of managing director. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 Moreover, I was given to practical joking, and I played off one practical joke upon Cecil Rhodes of which I am ashamed to this day. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Cecil Rhodes must be looked upon as the Clive of South Africa. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School But nothing perhaps was more moving than the silence and majesty that invested the grave of Cecil Rhodes. An African Adventure Later we discovered that he was Sir Thomas Scanlon, the first premier of South Africa, the man who gave Cecil Rhodes his start. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country In 1899, with the same patriotic intention, he was at work on a painting of Cecil Rhodes. Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies My first transaction with Cecil Rhodes was over the sale of my wagon. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer And on a broader basis than the Cecil Rhodes scheme. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life All the way from Capetown I had followed the trail of Cecil Rhodes, which like the man himself, is distinct. An African Adventure At the burghers' meeting the voting resulted in the same way, except at a meeting at which Mr. Cecil Rhodes was proposed as a candidate. Three Years' War This vision was before the eyes of Cecil Rhodes who founded scholarships throughout the British Empire. Catholic Problems in Western Canada Cecil Rhodes's depositing-floor was large and very conveniently situated close to the edge of the mine. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer It is famous for its Grammar School, at which the late Cecil Rhodes, a native of the town, was educated. Hertfordshire Even so masterful a manipulator of men as Cecil Rhodes failed with him. An African Adventure Already the English people see the spread of her influence which is to follow this war and make Cecil Rhodes's dream of a Cape to Cairo railroad a reality for Africa. The Audacious War The author of the telegram to President Krüger has received at Berlin Mr. Cecil Rhodes, the instigator of Jameson, invader of the Transvaal! The Schemes of the Kaiser Cecil Rhodes was long and loose limbed, with blue eyes, ruddy complexion, and light, curly hair. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The late Mr Cecil Rhodes once summarized all Fellows of Colleges as children in matters of finance. On the Art of Writing Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 From earliest boyhood when I read the works of Henry M. Stanley and books about Cecil Rhodes, Africa has called to me. An African Adventure Then came the voyage across the 6000 odd miles of ocean with Cecil Rhodes, Sir Frederick Carrington, and other interesting people. The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps' His property there he disposed of to Cecil Rhodes, and it now, I am told, forms part of the De Beers Consolidated Company’s assets. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland Cecil Rhodes had a rusty black pony named "Bandersnatch" which I occasionally rode when shooting, game being more or less plentiful within a few miles of the mine. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer The reward of Cecil Rhodes was in the thing he did, and not in the memory which men have of it. The Young Man and the World From my boyhood the land of Cecil Rhodes has always held a lure for me. An African Adventure It's amusing, when you forget its sadness, that their first impulse is to regard an unselfish international act as what Cecil Rhodes called the English "unctuous rectitude." The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I For a worse crime than extortion Cecil Rhodes was not even brought to trial, but honoured and fêted, while his creatures, who were condemned by the House of Commons Committee, were rewarded by the Government. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 1 It is impossible to speak of South Africa without awarding to Cecil Rhodes the tribute which unquestionably is due to his strong personality. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Mr. Cecil Rhodes had telegraphed that he was urgently pressing the High Commissioner to come, but that he had received no assurances as yet from him. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs By-and-by the lack of cavalry was severely felt, and Mr. Cecil Rhodes, resourceful as ever, brought up some 800 horses, and the Kimberley Light Horse—now a famous regiment—came into being. From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa Oriel, the college of Arnold, of Newman, of Cecil Rhodes, was filled with women students, whose own college, Somerville, had become a hospital. The War on All Fronts: England's Effort Letters to an American Friend Complaints have been made that the company under its president, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, has abused the privileges thus given by the Government. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 40, August 12, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Then again, it must not be forgotten that the first opponents of Cecil Rhodes were black men, of whom the European always has the conception that they are not his equals. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker The first was from Messrs. Hamilton and Leonard, to the following effect: 'We have received perfectly satisfactory assurance from Cecil Rhodes, but a misunderstanding undoubtedly exists elsewhere. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs This portion of the committee declares that the blame rests entirely on Cecil Rhodes, notwithstanding the fact that Dr. Jameson did finally invade the territory without direct orders. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 39, August 5, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls In the course of the inquiry certain cablegrams were mentioned, which had been sent by Cecil Rhodes to some persons in England. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 34, July 1, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls Like many men who have afterwards become famous in the secular world, Cecil Rhodes was intended for the Church. A Handbook of the Boer War With General Map of South Africa and 18 Sketch Maps and Plans Cecil Rhodes, in all save name, was monarch over a continent almost as vast as his own fancy and imagination. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Still I believe I have had as much out of life as Cecil Rhodes. Children of the Market Place In this they do not follow Cecil Rhodes, a chief propagandist of their main design. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 In one of its forms it appealed to the imagination of an Imperialist like Cecil Rhodes. Against Home Rule (1912) The Case for the Union When a country was named after Cecil Rhodes, where the e in the surname is mute, we all called it 'Rhodēsia'. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin When Cecil Rhodes arrived at Kimberley he was a mere youth. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker I picked up with a young officer or the Dublin Fusiliers and together we forced our way down Pall Mall to the office of The Cecil Rhodes Oxford Scholars' Foundation. Out To Win The Story of America in France Since the days of Sir Harry Smith and Theophilus Shepstone and Bartle Frere to the days of Leander Jameson and Cecil Rhodes, Imperialism in South Africa has gone hand in hand with bloodshed and fraud. A Century of Wrong The capture of Mafeking, of Kimberley, and even of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, would not compensate the Boers for failure in Natal. Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith I was to go at once to Cape Town, see Mr. Cecil Rhodes, and demand one hundred thousand dollars from him. A Woman's Part in a Revolution Yet Cecil Rhodes neither cared for convention nor custom. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Only half a mile away, at Rondebosch, was situated then, as now, on the lower slopes of Table Mountain, the princely domain of the late Mr. Cecil Rhodes. South African Memories Social, Warlike & Sporting from Diaries Written at the Time In South Africa a similar Chartered Company, under the influence of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, practically controlled the whole country from Cape Colony up to German East Africa and the Congo Free State. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known His name was Rhodes, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Chairman of the De Beers Corporation, and "no mean judge of a situation," our newspaper stated in substantiation of his Piccadilly peccadillo. The Siege of Kimberley And in our own day, Cecil Rhodes has once more proved that the academic dreamer can go out and advance the development of a great continent. The Charm of Oxford In common with many another, too, Cecil Rhodes had that turn of mind which harbours resentment against anyone who has scored a point against its possessor. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Like Cecil Rhodes, his hero among white men, he made a will distributing millions. Kimono In South Africa British claims were successfully and successively advanced to Bechuana-land, Mashona-land, and Matabele-land, and, under the leadership of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, a railway and telegraph were rapidly pushed forward towards the north. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Mr. Cecil Rhodes, attired in duck pants, a slouch hat, and a necktie, happened to be passing in a cart at the same moment, and to his profound disgust was greeted with cheers. The Siege of Kimberley As a politician this gentleman may not unfairly be defined as an imaginative materialist and an Imperialist of the school of which Cecil Rhodes is the best-known colonial exponent. The Long White Cloud The means by which Cecil Rhodes contrived to acquire so unique a position in South Africa would require volumes to relate. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Cecil Rhodes recorded in his will his contempt for the idle, expectant heir. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Here they talk of the sins of Cecil Rhodes, the insolence of Natal, the beauties or otherwise of the solid Boer vote, and the dates of the steamers. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) It had once quoted from a London contemporary a statement to the effect that hundreds of lives had been thrown away at Magersfontein in an attempt to rescue Cecil Rhodes! The Siege of Kimberley Among her works are a statue called "Rhodesia," "Rough Rider Monument," a statue called "Lascire," which belongs to Dr. Jameson, busts of Cecil Rhodes, King Edward VII., Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Long before this Cecil Rhodes had entered political life as member of the Cape Parliament. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Nobody saw Cromwell or even Wellington; nobody so much as thought about Cecil Rhodes. The Crimes of England In the meantime, the English millionaire, Cecil Rhodes, had formed a plan for a railroad which should run the entire length of Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Cairo. The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe It was re-assuring to find oneself in agreement on that head with a rock of common sense like Mr. Cecil Rhodes. The Siege of Kimberley Before she went to South Africa Miss Beveridge had executed several commissions for Cecil Rhodes and others living in that country. Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. Although the attacks upon Cecil Rhodes increased day by day in intensity and in bitterness, Mrs. van Koopman never wavered in her allegiance. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Many, for example, avowedly followed Cecil Rhodes because he had a vision. Heretics Dockett was essentially a boating-place, a place for sun and air, where life was lived in the open or in the wide verandah hailed by Cecil Rhodes and others as the only 'stoep' in England. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 It struck me in that moment that Lord Kitchener, Teufick Pasha, Cecil Rhodes, and Li Hung Chang had exactly those same eyes--the eyes of men who feel it in them to master the world. The Secrets of the German War Office Groote Schuur, the stately house built by Cecil Rhodes for himself, and by his will bequeathed as the official home of the Premier of South Africa, became very familiar to me. Here, There and Everywhere When the decisive conversation which I have just related was taking place between Mrs. van Koopman and Cecil Rhodes, Doctor Jameson and his handful of eager adventurers had already entered Transvaal territory. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker This is shown in the odd mistake perpetually made about Cecil Rhodes. Heretics And well satisfied; for, towering above us was Table Mountain—a reminder that we had now seen each and all of the great features of South Africa except Mr. Cecil Rhodes. Following the Equator, Part 7 "Ah!" said Cecil Rhodes, "that is not the way that Empires are made." From a College Window Having built his house, Cecil Rhodes employed agents to hunt up in Holland fine specimens of genuine old Dutch furniture with which to plenish it. Here, There and Everywhere It was soon realised that it was the most deplorable affair that could have occurred for the reputation of Cecil Rhodes and for his political future. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker This was Cecil Rhodes, an almost unique combination of the financier and the idealist. The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History These latter consider that South Africa consists of Table Mountain, the diamond mines, the Johannesburg gold fields, and Cecil Rhodes. Following the Equator, Part 7 Cecil Rhodes, it is recorded, once asked Lord Acton why Mr. Bent, the explorer, did not pronounce certain ruins to be of Phoenician origin. From a College Window Cecil Rhodes had had the natural wealth of Rhodesia at his back. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life This reconciliation would have been achieved through Cecil Rhodes, and would have been a fitting crown to a great career. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Ian had called him, "my South African nabob," in tribute to the millions he had made with Cecil Rhodes and others at Kimberley and on the Rand. The Judgment House For a worse crime than extortion Cecil Rhodes was not even brought to trial, but honoured and feted, while his creatures, who were condemned by the House of Commons Committee, were rewarded by the Government. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 Jameson gave up his profession and went in for conquest, associating himself with the projects of Cecil Rhodes. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) He dreamed more and more of becoming an Empire-maker—a sort of Australian Cecil Rhodes. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Sir Alfred Milner would have known how to make the work of Cecil Rhodes of permanent value to the British Empire. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker "I'd have been an explorer, or a Cecil Rhodes, if I had been a man." The Judgment House On October 12th, several hours after the expiration of Kruger's ultimatum, Cecil Rhodes threw himself into Kimberley. The Great Boer War I mean that the colonial ideal of such men as Cecil Rhodes did not arise out of any fresh creative idea of the Western genius, it was a fad, and like most fads an imitation. A Miscellany of Men I believe that Mr. Cecil Rhodes really had. And Even Now It was a thousand pities that when Sir Alfred Milner took office in South Africa the influence of Cecil Rhodes, at one time politically dominant, had so materially shrunk as a definitive political factor. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Now, please, tell me everything—of the inside, I mean—about Cecil Rhodes and the Raiders. The Judgment House The place was defended by Colonel Kekewich, aided by the advice and help of Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who had gallantly thrown himself into the town by one of the last trains which reached it. The Great Boer War That was Cecil Rhodes's one small genuine idea; and it is an Oriental idea. A Miscellany of Men The King of Italy for example is far more accessible than was the late Pierpont Morgan or the late Cecil Rhodes, and he seems to keep a smaller court. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war The foregoing incident is enlightening as to the real nature of Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Further, Mr. Stent accompanied Cecil Rhodes to the Mattopo hills, where the late Colossus went unarmed to hold with the Matabele chiefs the pourparler which brought about the peace of Southern Rhodesia. Native Life in South Africa Cecil Rhodes was left unpunished, he retained his place in the Privy Council, and his Chartered Company continued to have a corporate existence. The Great Boer War Indeed Cecil Rhodes illustrated almost every quality essential to the Sultan, from the love of diamonds to the scorn of woman. A Miscellany of Men "No; Cecil Rhodes has had nothing to do with my coming here," said the stranger. Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland Men like Barney Barnato, to mention only this one name among the many, felt a kind of awe of Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Granting the words of Cecil Rhodes, the United States would be enabled to scab without let or hindrance on Europe, while England, as professional strike-breaker and policeman, destroyed the unions and kept order. War of the Classes You can be a Cecil Rhodes if you like. The Research Magnificent Cecil Rhodes was far too cute to do any such tiling, knowing that it would be interpreted in a sense inimical to his plans. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker The habit became ingrained in the nature of Cecil Rhodes of always doing what he chose without regard to the feelings and sentiments of others. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker It has been said that every rich man is generally surrounded by parasites, and Cecil Rhodes was not spared this infliction. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Cecil Rhodes, of course, had declared himself officially in accord with the High Commissioner, and even praised him to a degree of fulsomeness. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker One could almost believe Cecil Rhodes was possessed of a dual personality. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker It was no wonder that Cecil Rhodes was an embittered man when one reflects how many curses must have been showered upon his head. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker The statesmanlike qualities which Cecil Rhodes undoubtedly possessed were weakened by contact with inferior people. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Although Cecil Rhodes was so happily placed that he had no need to bother over wealth, he was not so aloof to the glamour of politics. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker The ethical side of Cecil Rhodes' character remained all through his life in an unfinished state. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Hated as he was by some, distrusted as he remained by almost everybody, yet there was nothing mean about Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Concerning the outstanding personality of Cecil Rhodes, the position of Sir Alfred Milner was even more difficult and entangled than in regard to anyone else. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Cecil Rhodes never saw, or affected never to see, the disastrous influence all this had on his life. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker At every tale which reached Cecil Rhodes concerning the difficulties encountered by Sir Alfred, he declared that he was "glad to be out of this mess." Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker That this did not turn out to be the case had been a surprise to the world at large and an intense disappointment to Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Cecil Rhodes did not care for riches for the personal enjoyments they can purchase. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker In reality they proved to be more of these disappointments he had courted with a carelessness which would have appeared almost incredible if one did not know Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker This Union was conceived many, many years earlier by Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker It is that Cecil Rhodes, whilst being essentially an Empire Maker, was not an Empire Ruler. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker After the Queen's flag had been hoisted at Pretoria, Cecil Rhodes alive would have proved an anomaly in South Africa. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker If Cecil Rhodes had been allowed to decide alone as to the best course of action to pursue he also might have come to the same conclusion as these magnates. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Cecil Rhodes used to make most bitter and untrue remarks as to the stupidity of the Imperial Government at home and the incapacity of the men in charge of its armies in South Africa. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker For a long space of years Cecil Rhodes was South Africa. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker No blame, therefore, ought to attach to Cecil Rhodes for wishing to present the Boer side of the case. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker Notwithstanding the great brilliance of his intelligence and the strength of his mind, Cecil Rhodes will always be found inferior to the present Viscount Milner as a statesman. Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker |
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