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Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

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  1. Words allegedly spoken by the British-born explorer Henry Stanley when, in 1871, he finally found the long-missing explorer and missionary David Livingstone in Africa.

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"Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" said Tilda, lifting the brim of her chip hat and quoting from one of Mr. Maggs's most effective dramatic sketches.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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