“Take up the White Man's burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need.”

— Rudyard Kipling, The White Man's Burden

The White Man's Burden, Stanza 1 (1899).
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English short-story writer, poet, and novelist 1865–1936

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