Personally, I have no other ambition than to devote to the service of the King all the goodwill and effort of which I will still be capable. I know it's a small thing.

All the King's Men' A search for the colonial ideas of some advisers and "accomplices" of Leopold II (1853-1892). (Hannes Vanhauwaert), 9. Boycott! The story of Edmond Stanislas van Eetvelde (1852-1925) The Remarkable Resignation Soap ARAB, Papiers van Eetvelde, Correspondence between Secretary of State van Eetvelde and H.M. Leopold II, 35 (1900-1906), 16/4/1900, van Eetvelde to Leopold II.