You Ought To Travel A Bit
‘THERE'S a good story about Stanley’s lecturing tour of New Zealand. He was travelling on the coast in one of the ships of those days, not over large. After dinner, Stanley wandered into the smoking room, which was full. As he stood there, politely looking round for a seat, and not wishing to assert himself, a commercial traveller jumped up and made some of the other men shift along for the
stranger. Then turning to Stanley, he said: "There you are, you know, you ought to travel a bit." Well, there are two men who let some light into darkest Africa. Livingstone was 30 years there. Not only was he an explorer, but also a scientific observer. More than that, he became a legend with the natives of Africa; his memory is still cherished among them. Livingstone was a tender-
hearted man, full of sympathy and humanity, but he was one of the most persevering and iron-willed of the products of Scotland.- ("Lifting the Veil": "Africa," by L. R. Palmer, 2YA, May 12).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 101, 30 May 1941, Page 5
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179You Ought To Travel A Bit New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 101, 30 May 1941, Page 5
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