According to Rudyard Kipling, what was "the white man's burden?"
A) It was the responsibility to bring "civilization" (or a European way of life) to the non-Europeans.
B) It was the impulse to evangelize and spread the message of Islam all over the world.
C) It was an emphasis on developing industry so that colonial nations would be able to thrive after the Europeans pulled out.
D) It was the responsibility to educate the local masses so that they were literate and able to govern themselves.
E) It was the constant dependency that the colonizers felt as they provided charity and relief to colonial nations.
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