With respect Socrates2008 your statements are not supported by the facts The version before your first edit is Reproducing that text Brown also comments On the issue of Rhodes sexuality there is once again simply not enough reliable evidence to reach firm irrefutable conclusions It is inferred fairly convincingly but not proved that Rhodes was homosexual and it is assumed but not proved that his relationships with men were sometimes physical Neville Pickering is described as Rhodes lover in spite of the absence of decisive evidence 18 As you can see the statement is was both quoted and a citation is was supplied