The British Colonies

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Excerpt from The British Colonies: Their History, Extent, Condition and ResourcesColonization, * that is the occupation and tillage of waste lands, is in accordance with the primary decree of Heaven, that man should be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it. The earliest records of mankind consist chie¿y of the history of migrations from one part of the globe to another, as population increased, or civilization created new wants.This great principle, like the other primary laws of the creation, is universal in its Operation, and extends throughout the animal and vegetable world, what man does from reason, the brutes do from instinct: gregarious animals separate into herds, and disperse themselves over a country as pasture diminishes, trees and roots send winged seeds or offshoots to a considerable distance to perpetuate their stock, or in search of nourishment, fish migrate from sea to sea, and insects traverse diverse regions according to their respective exigencies.But the natural desire for abundant sustenance which impels the migration of animals, is counteracted in man by a strong attachment to his birth-place - by love of kindred, and by those social ties which bind together human societies. And it is wisely ordained that it should be so: man would never have advanced beyond the nomadic or wandering state, but for those local associations which attach him to his native land, and give an indescribable charm to the river, the mountain, or the glen, where the days of childhood have been spent, and where the emotions connected with his first ideas have been enjoyed.Many urgent reasons, however, arise to counteract the force of local attachments. The duty of providing for offspring - a desire for adventure - the love of fame or conquest - a difference in religious or political opinions - a thirst for information, - each and all tend to disseminate mankind over regions which, from their position, climate, soil, or other advantages, present the best prospects of gratifying their desires.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.