"Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true." — John Hanning Speke
"Each tribe has its characteristics, it is true."
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John Hanning Speke
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11 Quotes by John Hanning Speke
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Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are…
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The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion.
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The lion is, however, rarely heard - much more seldom seen.
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So is the savage buffalo, especially delighting in dark places, where he can wallow in the mud and slake his…
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I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as…
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Cows, after leaving the low lands near the coast, are found to be plentiful everywhere, and to produce milk in…
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I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse,…
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In the following pages I have endeavoured to describe all that appeared to me most important and interesting among the…
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My first occupation was to map the country.
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The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in…
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More Characteristics Quotes
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Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
— Aristophanes
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The characteristic of scientific progress is our knowing that we did not know.
— Gaston Bachelard
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and…
— Walter Bagehot
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The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security…
— Dave Barry
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It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make…
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.
— Emma Bonino
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Humor is probably the most significant characteristics of the human mind. Far more significant than reason. In fact, reason is…
— Edward de Bono
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The Black Mamba collection of watches is me: It is my alter ego, so to speak. As I mentioned before,…
— Kobe Bryant
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There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.
— Warren Buffett
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I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of…
— Giacomo Casanova
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Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
— Lord Chesterfield
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