Livingstone Lost and Found, or Africa and Its Explorers: A Complete Account of the Country and Its Inhabitants, Their Customs, Manners, &C., Of the ... and of Explorations Made (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Thank god that Africa, long-neglected and downtrodden, is looming up in the estimation of the civilized and Christian world. In my boyhood I used to sing of Afric's sunny fountains, and in visions of the night beheld men rushing to that country for its golden sands but little did I antici pate that I should ever handle its precious stones, breathe its balmy air, drink of its waters, bathe in its rivers, eat its lus cions fruits, and labor many years in the evangelization of its inhabitants.

But it has been even so. And now, Reader, do not be surprised if you perceive in this Introduction some glow of enthusiasm. I cannot write otherwise. Africa is my adopted country, the birth-place of my children, my past and future residence. The clear and lovely skies, bright and abundant flowers, beautifully plumed songsters Of the grove, graceful antelopes bounding from cliff to cliff, the king Of beasts walk ing about in his majesty - these and a hundred reminiscences rush into my mind as I think Of my African home. Africa! Dark though thou hast been for centuries, thy history Obscure, thy condition gloomy, thy people degraded, thy coasts abound ing in malignant fevers - thou hast a history which was once bright, and is destined, we believe, to become still brighter.

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