亨利·莫顿·斯坦利 穿过黑暗大陆

亨利·莫顿·斯坦利 穿过黑暗大陆 考研屋 www.kaoyanwu.com 提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 Henry Morton Stanley THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT November 27，1886 Mr.Chairman and gentlemen of the Lotos Club:—One might start a great many principles and ideaswhich would require to be illustrated and drawnout in order to present a picture of my feelings atthe present moment.I am conscious that in my im,mediate vicinity there are people who were greatwhen I was little.I remember very well when Iwas unknown to anybody，how I was sent to re,port a lecture by my friend right opposite，Mr.George Alfred Townsend，and I remember themanner in which he said:“Galileo said:”The worldmoves round，’ and the world does move round，“upon the platform of the Mercantile Hall in St.Louis—one of the grandest things out.The nextgreat occasion that I had to come before the publicwas Mark Twain’s lecture on the Sandwich Is- lands，which I was sent to report.And when Ilook to my left here I see Colonel Anderson，whosevery face gives me an idea that Bennett has gotsome telegraphic dispatch and is just about to sendme to some terrible region for some desperate com,mission. And，of course，you are aware that it was ow- ing to the proprietor and editor of a newspaper thatI dropped the pacific garb of a journalist anddonned the costume of an African traveler.It wasnot for me，one of the least in the newspapercorps，to question the newspaper proprietor’s mo,tives.He was an able editor，very rich，desperate,ly despotic.He commanded a great army of rovingwriters，people of fame in the news-gatheringworld;men who had been everywhere and hadseen everything from the bottom of the Atlantic tothe top of the very highest mountain;men whowere as ready to give their advice to National Cabi,nets as they were ready to give it to the smallestpolice courts in the United States.I belonged tothis class of roving writers， and I can truly saythat I did my best to be conspicuously great in it，by an untiring devotion to my duties，an untiringindefatigability，as though the ordinary rotation ofthe unive 考研屋www.kaoyanwu.com :提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课程 专业提供提供各大机构考研、公务员、四六级辅导视频课