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Also known as Harry Allison Johnston II

American politician (1931–2021)

Person · Open Library

Born
1858
Died
1927
Works
29

Top works

  • Story of my life
  • Relations
  • The Kilima-njaro expedition
  • Gay-Dombeys. With a pref
  • The river Congo

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1961-01-22
Active to
2019-09-11

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
16
Total plays
57

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Quotes

  • It is the first rational exposition of the relations of mankind to the mystery which shrouds the how and wherefore of man's existence, the first honest protest against our long, long martyrdom.
  • In our land the educated poor, who at the most can only cycle or take short railway journeys into the country from an adjoining town, are fast losing their rightful heritage — the beauty of the country-side, which is rapidly disappearing with very little benefit to anyone. Apparently nobody but a few timid adherents of the Archeological Society cares a straw.
  • Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.
  • This much i can speak of with certainty and emphasis : that from the British frontier hear Fort George to the limit of my journeys into the Mbuba country of the Congo Free State, up and down the Semliki, the natives appear to be prosperous and happy... The extent to which they were building their villages and cultivating their plantations within the precincts of Fort Mbeni showed that they had no fear of the Belgians.

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