The Life Dream of Livingstone 



the Dutchman he must ever appeal as the 

 grandest Voortrekker that has been ; while the 

 Englishman can never forget that those lion- 

 mangled bones were fitly laid to rest, amid the 

 pomp of a mourning Empire, in the peace of 

 the hallowed Abbey. The last time I crossed 

 the American Continent I stood before a splen- 

 did monument in the main square of Salt Lake 

 City. On it was inscribed the thrilling line : 



To Brigham Young 

 and 

 the Pioneers 



How much nobler was the life-work of our 

 African hero ! Why should not we write on 

 our statue : 



To David Livingstone 

 and 

 the voortrekkers 



He must look towards the Great North. And 

 on Transvaal granite should be carved in Trans- 

 vaal gold his prophetic words : " The End of 

 the Geographical Feat is only the Beginning of 

 the Enterprise." 



It is thirty-nine years since the great traveller 

 passed away in the lonely rondavel at Ilala. 



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