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This passage is explaining that the indigenous people where friendly and where not a threat.
I believe the answer is: Benjamin disraeli
The challenge that initiated by Benjamin Disraeli damaged the relationship between the British empires and their colonies.
Before this, British empire colonized other countries for a trade/business relationship. But with Disraeli's new way of thinking, more of them were advocated to make the colonized countries become a part of the British empire and heavily involved in their politics.
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