Mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. Saving the Decalogue itself, it is difficult to imagine an injunction that any form of words could render more emphatic or precise, and still more difficult, perhaps, to conceive of any rule of conduct so hard for nations or for individuals to observe. Not in the whole world are there two nations professing more respect for divine authority than the Dutch of South Africa and the people of this realm; but subject their relations during the past twenty years to anything like a critical analysis, and it will clearly appear that the prohibition which the apostolic language conveys, a prohibition which dates back from the teaching of the earliest exponents of our faith, has been honoured more in the breach than in the observance thereof; and here, perhaps, may be found some clue to the mystery why English and Dutch have not succeeded in getting on together by which the minds of so many of our countrymen have been exercised since the present troubles in South Africa (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don"t occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books" Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org