The prevailing opinion at court was that the founding of a … - Eugène Beyens

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The prevailing opinion at court was that the founding of a colony was beyond the strength of the Sovereign of a small state and that he would swallow up his private fortune, unable to create anything lasting. The King sought for the execution of his designs collaborators possessed of the faith which he himself had and which lifts mountains.

Eugène Beyens

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Napoléon Eugène Louis Joseph Marie Auguste Beyens (Paris, March 24, 1855 - Brussels, January 3, 1934) was a Belgian diplomat and minister.

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