It was the task of civilization to put an end to slavery, to establish courts of law, to teach the natives a sense of individual responsibility, of liberty, and of justice, and to teach their rulers how to apply these principles; above all, to see to it that the system of education should be such as to produce happiness and progress. i am confident that the verdict of history will award high praise to the efforts and achievements of great britain in the discharge of these great responsibilities…
–frederick lugard, 1923
which best summarizes the author’s feelings about british imperialism?