Excerpt from The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief History It is not very easy, indeed, to ascertain the exact truth about the nature and habits Of the Boers in the midst Of the contradictory reports that one finds in the works Of various travellers. At pre sent, too, there is a certain danger that we may lose sight Of the undoubted good qualities Of the typical Boer on the one hand, or minimise his numerous faults and anfractuosities on the other, according as our political prepossessions incline us to his side or to that ...
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Excerpt from The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief History It is not very easy, indeed, to ascertain the exact truth about the nature and habits Of the Boers in the midst Of the contradictory reports that one finds in the works Of various travellers. At pre sent, too, there is a certain danger that we may lose sight Of the undoubted good qualities Of the typical Boer on the one hand, or minimise his numerous faults and anfractuosities on the other, according as our political prepossessions incline us to his side or to that Of the Outlanders. Let us, however, at least make an attempt to set politics aside for the present, and endeavour to see the Transvaal farmer as he really is. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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