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It is by understanding of past difficulties that we can bequeath fundamental guidelines, which would be of pride to the coming generations. We therefore urge our people to struggle and to make sacrifices for those things, which will enable them toameliorate, their conditions of life and leave a richer heritage.
We wish to recall our people what St. Paul said: “ the nights is far spent, the day is at hand; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the Armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as the day.” The Ethiopian people are now conscious of their destiny and can strive to achieve their deals. In our study of the various systems during our extended tour, we have found that the reason for their successful progress lies in the fact that they have accumulated enough capital which, in turn, made it possible for them to carry out better farming, finance, mining projects to serve their industry, harness their rivers, and in general exploit their natural resources.
It is only through their achievements and not because of the difference in their innate ability nor their numerical superiority that some countries have attained a high degree of progress while those which have not fully developed and utilized their inborn abilities and thereby lagged behind in tapping their natural resources have been labelled “under-developed.” The latter have become the dumping-ground of the extensive manufactured goods of the former.
