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During the period 1815-1878, then, while the greater part of Europe was still indifferent to extra-European affairs, America had developed into a vast state wherein freedom and law were enthroned, a huge melting-pot wherein diverse peoples were being gradually unified and turned into a new nation under the moulding power of a great tradition of liberty.
Empire had come to mean, not merely domination pursued for its own sake, but trusteeship for the extension of civilisation. The period of practical British monopoly, 1815-1878, had thus brought about a very remarkable transformation in the character of the British Empire.
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