"I profess accurately to describe naked Africa—Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse,…"

"To say a negro is incapable of instruction, is a mere absurdity; for those few boys who have been educated in our sch…"

"The prowling, restless elephant, ... though rarely seen, leaves indications of his nocturnal excursions in every wild…"

"The gruff hippopotamus is ... found wherever there is water to float him; whilst the shy giraffe and zebra affect all…"

"[I]f I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners."

"The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Ny…"

"The children play At hide and seek About the monument To Speke. And why should the dead Explorer mind Who has nothing…"

"and factors, though frequently of great importance, are usually indirect in their action, influencing plants by modif…"

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"It has been said, and with more than element of truth, that the least important part of education is the acquisition …"