Dr David Livingstone: The Life And Legacy Of The Victorian Era's Most Famo...

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Dr David Livingstone: The Life And Legacy Of The Victorian Era's Most Famous Explorer And PioneerISBN13:9781542768801ISBN10:1542768802Author:Charles River Editors (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - *Includes Pictures *Includes Livingstone's Quotes About His Life And Career *Includes Online Resources And A Bibliography For Further Reading I Am Prepared To Go Anywhere, Provided It Be Forward - David Livingstone If You Have Men Who Will Only Come If They Know There Is A Good Road, I Don't Want Them I Want Men Who Will Come If There Is No Road At All - David Livingstone Modern Society Tends To Portray Men Of History To Be Great Saints Or Great Sinners In Fact, Biographers Are Often Inclined, Depending On Their Personal Predilections, To Portray Their Subjects As One Of These Two Extremes, Especially When Someone Is Seen By A Certain Group As An Example Of Religious Ideals Or Values Writers Are Often Afraid That If Any Of The Person's Mistakes Come To Light, It Will Somehow Disqualify Them From Being Admired Of Course, The Problem Is That Even The Most Influential Men Were Still Human, And Therefore Subject To The Same Great Achievements And Tremendous Failures As Anyone Living During The Modern Era Dr David Livingstone, Of Dr Livingstone, I Presume, Fame, Is An Excellent Example Of This Fact Born Into A Poor Family In Scotland, Livingstone Worked Hard, Saved His Money, And Volunteered For Missionary Service, Obviously The Actions Of A Saint He Studied Medicine, Trained To Care For Others, And Made His Way To Africa To Serve The Needy People There, And To Share With Them The Christian Faith Once In Africa, He Married The Daughter Of Other Missionaries And Together They Committed Their Lives To Good Works They Also Explored Some Of The Most Desperate Portions Of Africa, Sending Back To England Fascinating Letters Telling Of Adventures And New Discoveries The Intrigued Public Could Not Get Enough Of His Reports; He Went On To Write Several Books About His Adventures, And The British Press Canonized Them As The Work Of A Celebrity Saint But Livingstone Was Cut Out To Be Neither Saint Nor Celebrity, And Instead Came To Realize That He Was More Interested In Exploring And Science Than He Was The Souls Of Men Today, Such A Revelation Would Be Met With Little More Than A Shrug Of The Shoulders, But Victorian England Was A Different Environment, And Livingstone Would Remain Wracked With Guilt Even As His Sovereign And Others Stepped Forward To Offer Him Both Authority And Funding To Pursue His Dreams In Fact, He Became So Obsessed With Justifying His Decision That It Would Ultimately Cost Him Both His Own Life And That Of A Number Of Other People At The Same Time, He Remained Driven To Relieve African Society Of The Scourge Of Slavery, Even As He Repeatedly Took Advantage Of African Individuals Offered To His Service By Their Chiefs It Seems That He Hated Slavery In General But Was Willing To Accept At Least Some Level Of Forced Servitude If It Served What He Saw As A Greater Purpose If Anything, These Kinds Of Foibles Made Him A Man Of His Era, Neither Saint Nor Sinner But Instead Something Much More Fascinating: A Human Being Who Struggled And Fell, But Got Up Again And Again In An Effort To Try To Do The Right Thing Dr David Livingstone: The Life And Legacy Of The Victorian Era's Most Famous Explorer And Pioneer Chronicles The Colorful Life And Adventures Of Dr Livingstone, And The Impact He Had On The World At Large And The British Empire In Particular Along With Pictures Of Important People, Places, And Events, You Will Learn About Dr Livingstone Like Never Before, In No Time At All Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-01-26Weight:0.39 lbsDimensions:0.14'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:66Language:English

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