Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
"He [Stanley] had stated that he longed to do something wonderful for the African tribes along the Congo, and instead, as would become all too apparent, had set them up for a terrible fate. In 1877 he came down the great river as the first European ever to do so, declaring his hope that the Congo should become like `a torch to those who sought to do good'." Instead, it became the torch that attracted the archexploiter King Leopold II of Belgium."
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"He [Stanley] had stated that he longed to do something wonderful for the African tribes along the Congo, and instead, as would become all too apparent, had set them up for a terrible fate. In 1877 he came down the great river as the first European ever to do so, declaring his hope that the Congo should become like `a torch to those who sought to do good'." Instead, it became the torch that attracted the archexploiter King Leopold II of Belgium."
"كان ستانلي قد صرّح بأنه يتوق إلى إنجاز أمر جلل للقبائل الإفريقية على طول نهر الكونغو، لكنه، كما اتضح بجلاء شديد، قادهم إلى مصير فظيع. في عام 1877، نزل النهر العظيم كأول أوروبي يفعل ذلك على الإطلاق، مصرحًا بأمله في أن يكون الكونغو "مصباحًا يهدي الساعين إلى الخير". لكنه، بدلًا من ذلك، غدا المصباح الذي استقطب المستغل الأكبر، الملك ليوبولد الثاني ملك بلجيكا."
Tim Jeal, Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer
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