... that they produced.10 Americans were the source of many ideas and practices for Rhodes. Although he never visited the United States, he imagined the reunion of the upstart nation with the British Empire, a goal that helped to inspire the creation of the Rhodes Scholarships. He counted Americans among his most...

... not intend that the cultivation of student leaders be a way of whitewashing his reputation, although it has certainly had that effect. Many people today know about the Rhodes Scholarships but lack awareness of Rhodes’s more problematic accomplishments. Ever since the days of the robber barons, when Rhodes...