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KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY
“IT IS I”
“Leopold   II  is   the  absolute
Master of  the whole  of the  in-
ternal and  external activity  of
the  Independent  State   of  the
Congo.    The   organization   of
justice, the army, the industrial
and  commercial  regimes  are  established  freely  by  himself.
He would say,  and with  greater accuracy  than did  Louis XIV.,
‘The State,  it is I.’”  Prof. F. Cattier,  Brussels University.
“Let  us   repeat   after   so  many  others   what  has  become
a platitude,  the success  of the  African work  is the  work of
a sole  directing will,  without being  hampered by  the hesita-
tion of timorous politicians, carried out under his sole respon-
sibility,—intelligent,   thought-
ful,   conscious  of  the  perils
and    the    advantages,    dis-
counting    with   an   admirable
prescience  the great results  of
a  near future.”  M.  Alfred Pos-
kine   in   “Bilans   Congolais.”
“A memorial for the perpetuation of my name.”—Page 27.
KING LEOPOLD’S SOLILOQUY
 A DEFENSE OF HIS CONGO RULE
BY
MARK TWAIN
SECOND EDITION
THE P. R. WARREN CO.
BOSTON, MASS.
1905
Copyright, 1905
By Samuel L. Clemens
5
King Leopold’s Soliloquy
[Throws down pamphlets which he has beenreading. Excitedly combs his flowing spread ofwhiskers with his fingers; pounds the table withhis fists; lets off brisk volleys of unsanctified languageat brief intervals, repentantly droopinghis head, between volleys, and kissing the LouisXI crucifix hanging from his neck, accompanyingthe kisses with mumbled apologies; presentlyrises, flushed and perspiring, and walks thefloor, gesticulating]
—— ——!! —— ——!! If I had them bythe throat! [Hastily kisses the crucifix, andmumbles] In these twenty years I have spentmillions to keep the press of the two hemispheresquiet, and still these leaks keep on occurring.I have spent other millions on religionand art, and what do I get for it? Nothing.Not a compliment. These generosities arestudiedly ignored, in print. In print I get nothingbut slanders—and slanders again—and stillslanders, and slanders on top of slanders! Grantthem true, what of it? They are slanders all thesame, when uttered against a king.
                        
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