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PREFACE. 



The purpose of this work is to make the world better 

 acquainted with the character of Livingstone. His dis- 

 coveries and researches have been given to the public in 

 his own books, but his modesty led him to say little in 

 these of himself, and those who knew him best feel that 

 little is known of the strength of his affections, the depth 

 and purity of his devotion, or the intensity of his aspira- 

 tions as a Christian missionary. The growth of his char- 

 acter and the providential shaping of his career are also 

 matters of remarkable interest, of which not much has 

 yet been made known. 



An attempt has been made in this volume, likewise, 

 to present a more complete history of his life than has yet 

 appeared. Many chapters of it are opened up of which 

 the public have hitherto known little or nothing. It has 

 not been deemed necessary to dwell on events recorded in 

 his published Travels, except for the purpose of connecting 

 the narrative and making it complete. Even on these, 

 however, it has been found that not a little new light 

 and colour may be thrown from his correspondence with 

 his friends and his unpublished Journals. 



Much pains has been taken to show the unity and 



