Henry Morton Stanley Quote

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.


How I found Livingstone. Travels, adventures, and discoveries in central Africa (ed. 1872)


But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated,...

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated,...

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated,...

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated,...