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Otto von Bismarck

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Your map of Africa is really quite nice. But my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia, and here... is France, and we're in the middle — that's my map of Africa.
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Discussing the w:Emin Pasha Relief Expedition with Eugen Wolf on 5 December 1888

 
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