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Henry Morton Stanley Quotes

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.

Henry Morton Stanley
Animal, Men, Human Nature
Henry Morton Stanley (1890). “In Darkest Africa”

Socialism is a return to primitive conditions.

Henry Morton Stanley
Return, Socialism, Primitive
Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley (2011). “The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, G.C.B”, p.531, Cambridge University Press

Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Henry Morton Stanley
Adventure, Doctors
Henry Morton Stanley (2015). “A la recherche de Livingstone: Sur les traces du célèbre explorateur”, p.151, Magellan & Cie Éditions

Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

Henry Morton Stanley
Weed, Garden, Evil
Henry Morton Stanley (1909). “The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ...”

But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape.

Henry Morton Stanley
Book, Ideas, Shapes
Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.10, Courier Corporation

Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure.

Henry Morton Stanley
Subjects

I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar.

Henry Morton Stanley
Men, White Man, Zanzibar
Henry Morton Stanley (1872). “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa: Including an Account of Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone”, p.34

An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my command, my duty was to lessen this difficulty as much as possible.

Henry Morton Stanley
Travel, Want, Obstacles
Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.31, Courier Corporation

When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize as a conspicuous failure, trumpeted as a wonderful success, I [conclude]... that the writer ... must either be very ignorant, and the victim of deceit, or a conscious accomplice in what is nothing less than a fraud upon the public.

Henry Morton Stanley
Failure, Science, Light

The Europeans and Americans residing in the town of Zanzibar are either Government officials, independent merchants, or agents for a few great mercantile houses in Europe and America.

Henry Morton Stanley
Independent, Europe And America, Government
Henry Morton Stanley (1873). “How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa; Including Four Months' Residence with Dr. Livingstone”, p.12

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