Con người chỉ mất ba năm để biết nói nhưng phải mất sáu mươi năm hoặc nhiều hơn để biết im lặng.Rộng Mở Tâm Hồn
Nỗ lực mang đến hạnh phúc cho người khác sẽ nâng cao chính bản thân ta. (An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.)Lydia M. Child
Từ bi và độ lượng không phải là dấu hiệu của yếu đuối, mà thực sự là biểu hiện của sức mạnh.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
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Chớ khinh thường việc ác nhỏ mà làm; đốm lửa nhỏ có thể thiêu cháy cả núi rừng làng mạc. Chớ chê bỏ việc thiện nhỏ mà không làm, như giọt nước nhỏ lâu ngày cũng làm đầy chum vại lớn.Lời Phật dạy
Chúng ta sống bằng những gì kiếm được nhưng tạo ra cuộc đời bằng những gì cho đi. (We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. )Winston Churchill
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During the reign of Queen Victoria (18371901), British people traveled around the whole
world. They charted the seas, mapped out distant countries and studied plants, animals
and people. They also claimed many lands for England. This kind of international travel
was made easier by improved transportation and communication. New inventions such
as steamships, trains, telegraphs and telephones made long distances seem smaller.
Of course, people had different reasons for going to distant lands. Some were
businessmen who saw economic opportunities overseas. Soldiers wanted fame and a
chance to enlarge the British Empire. Biggame hunters wanted to be the first to shoot
strange animals and bring back trophies to England. Scientists intended to study
unknown animals and plants. Missionaries planned to be the first to introduce
Christianity to faraway people.
In 1836 a young Scotsman called David Livingstone began to study medicine in Glasgow.
Livingstone intended to become a medical missionary. This means that he would be a
doctor, as well as a preacher and teacher.
Livingstone (18131873) came from a poor family. From an early age, he had worked 14
hours a day in a clothing factory for very little pay. But he was determined to learn. He
took his books with him to the factory and read as he worked. Then, after work, he would
go to his teacher to learn more.
Livingstone's goal was to teach faraway people about Jesus. However, unlike some
missionaries, he was also interested in science, geography and exploring. He had
planned to go to China in 1839, but because of the Opium Wars no missionaries were
being sent there. Instead, he asked to go to South Africa.
Europeans had traveled around the coasts of Africa for hundreds of years. But very few
white people had traveled inland. A missionary named Robert Moffatt who had begun a
mission at Kuruman in the interior inspired Livingstone.
Livingstone arrived in Kuruman in 1841. This was the farthest outpost of white settlement,
and no one seemed to want to go further inland. Livingstone felt that the missionaries
should go to the Africans, rather than waiting for the Africans to come to them. With a
fellow missionary he set out. When they came to an African tribe, they would talk to the
chief and ask permission to preach to his people. Livingstone would also set up a tent
and treat the people who had diseases. After a while, he would move on to the next tribe.
Once Livingstone learned the Bantu language he would talk to many Africans. But
sometimes he needed interpreters. There were many diseases, including malaria and
sleeping sickness. Livingstone suffered much of his life from river fever. He was also so
weak that he rode on the back of an ox.
Livingstone wanted to stop the slave trade. At this time, the slave trade was the most
profitable business in Africa. Livingstone hoped that if other kinds of trade were
developed, then slavery could be abolished. In order to open up trade, he wanted to find
an easy route into the center of Africa.
Livingstone kept going further into the interior. He was probably the first European to
cross the Kalahari Desert before reaching Lake Ngami in presentday Botswana. Not long
after, he traveled further inland. He explored the sources of the Zambesi and Kasai rivers
and eventually reached the west coast of Africa at Luanda, Angola.
Livingstone was being criticized for neglecting missionary work in order to explore.
Livingstone replied that he was opening up the continent for missionaries. Meanwhile, he
was becoming famous as a great explorer.
The British government commissioned him to explore the Zambesi River. They hoped
that ships could sail up the river into the interior. Unfortunately, the Zambesi had too
many rapids. However, Livingstone did find a route up the Shire River to Lake Nyassa. He
continued to struggle against the slave trade, which was now being taken over by Arabs.
Livingstone died in Africa in 1873. He was the first white man to explore Botswana,
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and surrounding areas. He was not only a great explorer, but
also a fine doctor and a good missionary. Nowadays, the countries that Livingstone
visited are nearly all Christianjust as he hoped they would be.
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