Occupation: Journalist Birth: January 28, 1841 Death: May 10, 1904
The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercan….
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..
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….
Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wond….
When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the su….
Socialism is a return to primitive conditions..
But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, ant….
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 d….
Doctor Livingstone, I presume?.
Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure..