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NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE COMPANIES 87

delegated agents of their respective nations in the com- petition for commerce and territory throughout the whole non-Christian world, and from this point of view A WATER SCENE NEAR GARRETT, JAVA. the importance of a good colonial policy can hardly be overestimated. The French West Indian Company was an association of the type invented by Richelieu, with authority to conquer and convert the heathen; but

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