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African children should understand that in ordinary circumstances it will be for them, when they grow up, to defend the colonial point of view against the point of view of Great Britain, if that be necessary, and that it is only in times of real strain to the Empire that they must sink all differences of opinion and stand shoulder to shoulder for their common interests. These views can never be properly inculcated unless the schools are staffed chiefly with colonial teachers, and this is one of the main reasons why each State should make the adequate training of teachers born and educated within her own borders the primary consideration in her educational system.