“My fate is bound up with that of England, and whatever befalls the green isle, I shall not easily abandon it.”

—  Leopold I of Belgium

Early Belgian colonial Efforts: The long and fateful shadow of Leopold I, Page 60 https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/382/umi-uta-1517.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Leopold to the Archduke John in Richardson, 71.

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