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When Kipling says "send forth the best you breed," who is he addressing? (Hint: Remember that Kipling is British) Why does he want them to send out their "best breed"?

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Rudyard Kipling was a British journalist known for his work in poetry. In one of his poems titled "The White Man's Burden," he wrote the phrase "send forth the best you breed" where he was addressing the Europeans.

The reason he wants the Europeans to send out their "best breed" is to face the natives he described as " half devil and half child" to redeem them through cultural superiority or colonization.

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