If we had some sense here other than to quarrel for miserable places we should buy some of the colonies of the Portuguese, it would do an immense amo… - Leopold I of Belgium

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If we had some sense here other than to quarrel for miserable places we should buy some of the colonies of the Portuguese, it would do an immense amount of good for many of our young officers who we have no means of employing usefully, we want elbow room and it is not probable we shall get it in Europe.