▁pam ph lets , ▁The ▁States man ▁and ▁the ▁Bishop , ▁he ▁came ▁out ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Imperial ▁Federation , ▁saying ▁that : ▁" … ▁the ▁union ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁race , ▁the ▁firm ▁and ▁effective ▁feder ation ▁of ▁our ▁people ▁in ▁all ▁qu arters ▁of ▁the ▁earth , ▁appears ▁to ▁me ▁to ▁be ▁of ▁such ▁trans c endent ▁importance ▁as ▁a ▁matter ▁of ▁both ▁mor als ▁and ▁of ▁politics , ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁achiev ement ▁of ▁it ▁required ▁a ▁sacrifice ▁instead ▁of ▁a ▁gain , ▁I ▁should ▁be ▁prepared ▁to ▁make ▁it . ▁ ▁" The ▁desire ▁for ▁union , ▁the ▁grand ▁Federal ▁Ide a , ▁comes ▁first , ▁and ▁a ▁long ▁way ▁first ▁among ▁my ▁mot ives ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 6 ▁Oliver ▁published ▁the ▁bi ography ▁Alexander ▁Hamilton , ▁which ▁used ▁the ▁example ▁set ▁by ▁the ▁federal ists ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁argue ▁for ▁a ▁federal ▁arrangement ▁for ▁the ▁British ▁Empire . ▁The ▁book ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁Lord ▁Alfred ▁Mil ner ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁" Mil ner ' s ▁Kinder g arten ," ▁who ▁were ▁then ▁engaged ▁in ▁the ▁reconst ruction ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁following ▁the ▁Bo er ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 9 – 1 9 0 2 . ▁According ▁to ▁Leo ▁Am ery , ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁the ▁kind erg arten , ▁" Alex ander ▁Hamilton ▁became ▁the ▁Bible ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁men ▁of ▁Mil ner ’ s ▁Kinder g arten ." ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 ▁The