Episode 3 of 3
Usage in Senatorial Debate
- When
- 7 February 1899
- Where
- United States Senate
Senator Tillman read stanzas of the poem on 7 February 1899 as arguments against the Treaty of Paris ratification.
During a senatorial debate on 7 February 1899, Senator Benjamin Tillman read the first, fourth, and fifth stanzas of Kipling's poem. He used these stanzas as arguments against ratifying the Treaty of Paris and against US authority over the Philippine Islands.
Sources
- The White Man's Burden Wikipedia
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