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quite ready to believe that he would sooner have laid down his life 
than failed in his undertaking. 
Livingstone was a man nearly sixty years old; Stanley had on 
HENRY M. STANLEY. 
his side all the advantages of youth. He had been toughened by 
early adversity, by travelling in various climes, exposure to all winds 
and all weathers, and it may be doubted whether any other man in 
