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"His consistent energy is native to him and his race. He is a 

 very fine example of the perseverance, doggedness, and tenacity 

 which characterizes the Anglo-Saxon spirit. His ability to with- 

 stand the climate is due not only to the happy constitution with 

 which he was born, but to the strictly temperate life he has ever led. 



"It is a principle with him to do well what he undertakes to do, 

 and, in the consciousness that he is doing it, despite the yearning 

 for his home, which is sometimes overpowering, he finds to a certain 

 extent contentment, if not happiness. 



CHARM OF ETHIOPIA'S CHILDREN. 



"He can be charmed with the primitive simplicity of Ethiopia's 

 dusky children, with whom he has spent so many years of his life. 

 He has a sturdy faith in their capability — sees virtue in them, where 

 others see nothing but savagery ; and wherever he has gone among 

 them, he has sought to ameliorate the condition of a people who are 

 apparently forgotten of God and Christian men." 



In another place Stanley says: "Livingstone followed the 

 dictates of duty. Never was such a willing slave to that abstract 

 virtue. His inclinations impell him home, the fascinations of which 

 require the sternest resolution to resist. With every foot of new 

 ground he travelled over he forged a chain of sympathy which 

 should hereafter bind the Christian nations in bonds of love and 

 charity to the heathen of the African Tropics. If we were able 

 to complete this chain of love by actual discovery, and, by a descrip- 

 tion of them, to embody such people and nations as still live in dark- 

 ness, so as to attract the good and charitable of his own land to 

 bestir themselves for their redemption and salvation, this 

 Livingstone would consider an ample reward. 



"Surely, as the sun shines on both Christian and infidel, 

 civilized and pagan, the day of enlightenment will come; and though 

 the apostle of Africa may not behold it himself, nor we younger 

 men, nor yet our children, the hereafter will see it, and posterity 

 will recognize the daring pioneer of its civilization." 



Yes, and Stanley might have added: with his enlarged and 

 far-seeing mind, this is what encourages Livingstone to persevere 



