"As long as Europe is not strong enough to follow up the results already obtained by her voyages of discovery, the explorer can never be satisfied with his work; it will have injured rather than benefited the native races. People hesitate before resorting to extreme measures, but they lose sight of the fact that, if their efforts were concentrated on a single object, more would be done in a day for the real welfare of Africa than has been accomplished in past decades, nay even in past-centuries."
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New Africa; an essay on government civilization in new countries, and on the foundation, organization and administration of the Congo Free State, opinions of Pogge and Wissmann on the question of commercial currents set going by slave-traders, Page 152-153
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