Jules Devaux Quotes

Jules Devaux , was a Belgian diplomat and close associate of King Leopold II.

✵ 1. May 1828 – 7. June 1886
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Jules Devaux Quotes

“I am dragged in spite of myself in this damn Africa business; a toy which, it is true, will hurt no one; which excites geographers, but which will make people laugh here.”

Source: All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 4. Viceroys without colonial aspirations? Jules Devaux (1828-1886) http://www.ethesis.net/leopold_II/leopold_II.htm#2.%20 STENGERS, J. “Leopold II between the Far East and Africa 1875-1876.” In: La Conférence de Géographie de Bruxelles, 1876. Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese wetenschappen, ed. Brussels, 1976, 349.

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