I merely feel inclined to tell him that I can talk that sort of pidgin English better than he can.
If he modelled himself on the great rebels and revolutionists of the Bible, it would at least be a considerable improvement in his literary style.

But as a matter of fact something much more solid is involved than literary style.

There is a logic and justice in the distinction, even in the world of ideas.
That most people with much more education than the Arab, and therefore much less excuse than the Arab, entirely ignore that distinction, is merely a result of their ignoring ideas, and being satisfied with long words.

They like democracy because it is a long word; that is the only thing they do like about it.
People are entitled to self-government; that is, to such government as is self-made.

They are not necessarily entitled to a special and elaborate machinery that somebody else has made.
It is their right to make it for themselves, but it is also their duty to think of it for themselves.