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Henry Morton Stanley Biography

Henry Morton Stanley

Sir Henry Morton Stanley, GCB (born John Rowlands; 28 January 1841 – 10 May 1904) was a Welsh journalist and explorer who was famous for his exploration of central Africa and his search for missionary and explorer David Livingstone. Upon finding Livingstone, Stanley reportedly asked, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Stanley is also known for his search for the source of the Nile, his work in enabling the plundering of the Congo Basin region in association with King Leopold II of Belgium, and his command of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. He was knighted in 1899.

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The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Animal, Experience, Human, Human Nature, Insight, Men

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Adventure, Doctor, Doctors, Livingstone, Presume

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

Fact, Intended, Known, Men, White Man, Zanzibar

An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible.

Command, Expedition, Obstacle, Obstacles, Travel, Want

When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize as a conspicuous failure, trumpeted as a wonderful success, I [conclude]. . . that the writer. . . must either be very ignorant, and the victim of deceit, or a conscious accomplice in what is nothing less than a fraud upon the public.

Conclusion, Conspicuous, Failure, Light, Science, Success

Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

Conditions, Primitive, Return, Socialism

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

Acquainted, Conspicuous, Everyone, Failure, Recognize, Subjects

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

Europe, Europe And America, Government, Houses, Independent, Merchants

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.

Book, Ideas, Information, Instance, Shapes

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

Evil, Garden, Like, Moral, Nettles, Weed