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Show Mev like Franklin or Nordenskiold or Livingstone, moved either by a thirst for glory or by philanthropy "un-dertake "un-dertake an expedition into some undiscovered undis-covered country at the risk of their lives. They are courageous, and conscientious; con-scientious; but the men who usually attach themselves to such expeditions are too often adventurers with records so unsavory as to rcuder it advisable for them to leave their country for the good of it. Stanley's exporiouoe with his subordinates is of that nature. Not ambition, nor knowledge, nor humanity, but love of excitement and adventure was the motive that took them to darkest dark-est Africa, and a few of them at least seemed to gratify their brutal Instincts to the uttermost. |