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 Van Praet (1806-1887) on Leopold I of Belgium
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“No one knows if Leopold I made Van Praet, or if Van Praet made Leopold I.”
“Always tell the truth, even if it should make him jump out of his shoe.”