"I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake."
— Cecil Rhodes

January 1, 1970

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Sources

Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897), end of chapter LXIX (The Most Imposing Man in British Provinces).