Quote#Solitude
When up in those lonely Congo forests where I found Leopold I also…
Quote byRoger Casement · 1864–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Roger Casement remembered in London.
English (original)
When up in those lonely Congo forests where I found Leopold I also found myself – the incorrigible Irishman.
— Roger Casement
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