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Stanley Baldwin - As we study [the British Empire's]...

As we study [the British Empire's] destiny, we are bound to think of it less as a human achievement than as an instrument of Divine Providence for the promotion of the progress of mankind. (Stanley Baldwin)

As we study [the British Empire's] destiny, we are bound to think of it less as a human achievement than as an instrument of Divine Providence for the promotion of the progress of mankind.

Stanley Baldwin

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