The picture does not explicitly demonstrate'that France is a great empire, that all her sons, without any colour discrimination, faithfully serve under her flag,'etc ., but the combination of the signifier and signified perpetuates the myth of imperial devotion, success and thus; a property of'significance'for the picture.
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But whether naively or not, I see very well what it signifies to me : that France is a great Empire, that all her sons, without any colour discrimination, faithfully serve under the flag, and that there is no better answer to the detractors of an alleged colonialism than the zeal shown by this Negro in serving his so-called oppressors . . .
