All civilization has been the gainer by the Russian advance, as it was the gainer by the advance of France in North Africa; as it has been the gainer by the advance of England in both Asia and Africa, both Canada and Australia.
From his essay "The Strenuous Life," this passage broadly asserts that all civilization has benefited from the imperial expansion of various European powers across continents.
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