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Aboriginal people were sufficiently advanced in the sciences to control their own affairs.
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The sentence argues that Aboriginal people possessed enough scientific knowledge and skill to govern themselves and make decisions about their own communities. “Sufficiently advanced” sets the level of knowledge the speaker considers necessary for self-rule, while “control their own affairs” means managing their lives without outside direction.
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