Question:At the end of King Leopold's Soliloquy by Mark Twain, he said "THAT IS MY PROTECTION.. And you will continue to do it. I know the human race". What did he mean by this, what was his protection, the fact that everyone just turned their cheeks the other way and would allow him to do what he wantedin the Congo?
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Exactly. Just before that line, he says "we shrink from hearing the particulars of how it happened. We shudder and turn away when we come upon them in print."
So, as you have suggested, he is saying that he is protected by the fact that everyone just wants to ignore what he has been doing. (Perhaps because if you deny something is going on you don't have to feel obligated to do anything about it.)
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