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“I have only one goal and one desire, namely to give myself a practical instruction, to get to know the world and its inhabitants. There will come times when this knowledge will be of use to me.”

— Leopold II of Belgium

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Title: Wikiquote: Leopold II of Belgium
Type: reference · Secondary source

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Belgium, Leopold II of. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Leopold II of Belgium. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium

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