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James Africanus Horton Quotes


Brief author info: James Africanus Horton (1835-1883) British physician. Development economist and physician; first practiced in Britain; served twenty years in West Africa as one of few black officers in British Army; stimulated development of mineral resources in Ghana; opened development bank in Sierra Leone.


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It is impossible for a nation to civilize itself; civilization must come from abroad.
In the government of a semi-barbarous race ... a little despotism is absolutely necessary.
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