“Why did I come to Africa? Well, they will tell you that I came on account of my health, or from a love of adventure—and to some extent that may be true; but the real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton.”
About This Quote
Quoted as having said it to a friend. Gordon Le Sueus, “Cecil Rhodes.”
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