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Individual Moslems May Show Splendid Qualities. Thousands Become The Brave And Loyal Soldiers Of The Queen: All Know How To Die: But The Influence Of The Religion Paralyses The Social Development Of Those Who Follow It. No Stronger Retrograde Force Exists In The World. Far From Being Moribund, Mohammedanism Is A Militant And Proselytizing Faith. It Has Already Spread Throughout Central Africa, Raising Fearless Warriors At Every Step; And Were It Not That Christianity Is Sheltered In The Strong Arms Of Science, The Science Against Which It Had Vainly Struggled, The Civilisation Of Modern Europe Might Fall, As Fell The Civilisation Of Ancient Rome.

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Individual Moslems May Show Splendid Qualities. Thousands Become The Brave And Loyal Soldiers Of The Queen: All Know How To Die: But The Influence Of The Religion Paralyses The Social Development Of Those Who Follow It. No Stronger Retrograde Force Exists In The World. Far From Being Moribund, Mohammedanism Is A Militant And Proselytizing Faith. It Has Already Spread Throughout Central Africa, Raising Fearless Warriors At Every Step; And Were It Not That Christianity Is Sheltered In The Strong Arms Of Science, The Science Against Which It Had Vainly Struggled, The Civilisation Of Modern Europe Might Fall, As Fell The Civilisation Of Ancient Rome.

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