| When I contrast what I have achieved in my
measurably brief life with what he has achieved in his possibly briefer
one, the effect is to sweep utterly away the ten-story edifice of my self-appreciation
and leave nothing behind but the cellar. - speech "Introducing Henry M. Stanley," 9 December 1886 |
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