Quote#Wisdom
Against every member of the Company's higher staff, so far as I can…
Quote byRoger Casement · 1864–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Amazon Journal of Roger Casement. Casement's 1910 journal, Page 160 in reference to the Peruvian Amazon Company senior employees..
English (original)
Against every member of the Company's higher staff, so far as I can see are not merely alleged, but have been sworn to and published in Iquitos.
— Roger Casement
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