Stanley quote- " The power possessing the Congo.... he wrote, would absorb to itself the trade of the whole enormous basin behind. This river is and will be the grand highway of commerce to the West Central Africa". ( pg. 55)
Leopold- "Nonetheless, Leopold had, foxlike, gone a step forward. He had learned from his many attempts to buy a colony that none was for sale; he would have to conquer it". ( pg. 46)/ "
"Leopold is subtle and sly, he told one of his ministers he never takes a chance". ( pg. 34)
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