We have attacked and destroyed 28 large towns, and 3 or 4 score…

I desire some generous and opulent philanthropist, who shall permit me a force for commerce in central Africa.

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds: grow.

Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

The barge was an invention of my own. It was 40 feet long, 6 feet beam, and 30 inches deep, of Spanish cedar 3/8 inches thick.

As seen in my loneliness, there was this difference between the Bible and the newspapers. The one reminded one that, apart from God, my life was but a bubble of air, and it bade me remember my Creator; the other fostered arrogance and …

Though many illusions are of a character we should gladly cherish, yet the sooner we lose some of them, the sooner we gain the power of seeing clearly into things. The one who possesses least has the best chance of becoming wise. The man …