The time must eventually arrive when the Boers will be in a small minority, as the country is very sparsely peopled; and would it not therefore be a very near-sighted policy to recede now from the position we have taken up here, simply because for some years to come the retention of 2000 or 3000 troops may be necessary to reconsolidate our power. [Please select]
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It becomes necessary to replace that which must pass away, and to reconsolidate the essentials which are threatened. [Please select]
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