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THE WORLD'S WONDERS. 



longed to strike a death blow to the accursed slave trade, which 

 at that time existed in nearly all parts of Africa, destroying 

 happy families, debasing and degrading the people, and keeping 



up a constant state of alarm which rendered futile all efforU to 

 civilize or Christianize the natives. He had witnessed happy 

 domestic scenes in Africa, and the good of that people lay close 

 to his great heart. 



