"The expedition had now performed its functions. I saw that old father Nile without any doubt rises in the Victoria Nyanza, and as I had foretold, that lake is the great source of the holy river which cradled the first expounder of our religious belief."

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Source : 1863 Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile.

John Hanning Speke

#Religious Quotes #Father Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life”
“Freedom without the strength to support it and, if need be, defend it, would be a cruel delusion. And the strength to defend freedom can itself only come from widespread industrialisation and the infusion of modern science and technology into the country's economic life.”
“The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.”
“I am a free man but only partially so relative to other people in society. Why do I say "partially free"? Because there is only one country in the world that denies me entrance because of who my father was and that is the United States.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com
“No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does.”
“The three most important pitches I threw in my life were all fastballs.”
“I know if I missed a day and nothing happened, then it would be much easier to miss another day. Pretty soon I wouldnâ€™t have much of a schedule, and then I'd have less motivation. It's a downward spiral that I want to avoid, so I keep the schedule sacred.”
“I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.”

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