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"Dr. David Livingstone left the Island of Zanzibar in March, 1866."
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"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."
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"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."
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"Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston."
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"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."
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"The Allegator is the same, as the Crocodile, and differs only in Name."
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"Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war."
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"I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready."
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"Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly relate the circumstances of my adventures, and scenes of life, from my first movement to this country until this day."
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"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists."
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"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."
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"It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch."
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"They killed our mirror, our light, our comfort and our true guide."
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"Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots, as a chain of connection to a more fertile country; if such a country exist to the westward."
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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."
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"I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below."
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"We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset."
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"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."
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"There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti."
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"However fragmented the world, however intense the national rivalries, it is an inexorable fact that we become more interdependent every day."
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"We had discovered an accursed country. We had found the Home of the Blizzard."
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"Nova Scotia as a British colony also came into being as another result of these adventurous British expeditions to North America in the reign of James I."
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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."
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"Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is."
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