Henry Morton Stanley Quotes

• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Animal, Men, Human Nature

  Henry Morton Stanley (1890). “In Darkest Africa”

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• Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Return, Socialism, Primitive

  Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley (2011). “The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B”, p.531, Cambridge University Press

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• Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Adventure, Doctors

  Henry Morton Stanley (2015). “A la recherche de Livingstone: Sur les traces du célèbre explorateur”, p.151, Magellan & Cie Éditions

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Weed, Garden, Evil

  Henry Morton Stanley (1909). “The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ...”

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Book, Ideas, Shapes

  Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Subjects

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Men, White Man, Zanzibar

  Henry Morton Stanley (1872). “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa: Including an Account of Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone”, p.34

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Travel, Want, Obstacles

  Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Failure, Science, Light

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• 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.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Independent, Europe And America, Government

  Henry Morton Stanley (1873). “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone”, p.12

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