Read the excerpt from Joseph Chamberlain's speech "I Believe in a British Empire."
Which statement best evaluates the effectiveness of
the evidence supporting Chamberlain's claim?
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But the Empire is not old. The Empire is new-the
Empire is in its infancy. Now is the time when we can
mold that Empire and when we and those who live
with us can decide its future destinies. Just let us
consider what that Empire is. I am not going tonight to
speak of those hundreds of millions of our Indian and
native fellow subjects for whom we have become
responsible. I consider for the moment only our
relations to that white British population that
constitutes the majority in the great self-governing
colonies of the Empire. Here in the United Kingdom
there are some forty millions of us. Outside there are
ten millions of men either directly descended from
ancestors who left this country or more probably men
who themselves in their youth left this country in order
to find their fortunes in our possessions abroad. How
O The evidence is effective because Chamberlain
provides data showing that there are more white
British people than there are native subjects.
O The evidence is ineffective because Chamberlain
says that there are hundreds of millions of native
subjects but refers to ten million whites as the
majority
O The evidence is effective because Chamberlain
uses logical reasons to explain why white British
people in India should remain the majority in that
country
O The evidence is ineffective because Chamberlain
relies on emotional appeals instead of facts to
explain the benefits of imperialism
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