“My eyes are true and as delicate as a hummingbird's in the day; but they are nothing worth boasting of by starlight.” — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Tis an ancient and sacred tie that binds man to his nation; neither can it be severed without infamy.” — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“..that all-seeing eye which reads the heart, could not fail to discriminate between the living and the dead, and the gentle soul… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to… — James Fenimore Cooper American literature Copy Share Image
“...any eye at all practiced in the signs of a frontier warfare, might easily have traced all those unerring evidences of the… — James Fenimore Cooper War Copy Share Image
The European who comes to America plunges into the virgin forest with wonder and delight; while the American who goes to Europe… — James Fenimore Cooper Adventure Copy Share Image
Paris enjoys a high reputation for the style of its public edifices, and, while there is a very great deal to condemn,… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Who have we here? some amateur in fights! an inquisitive, wonder- seeking non-combatant, who has volunteered to serve his king, and perhaps… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
“Your young white, who gathers his learning from books and can measure what he knows by the page, may conceit that his… — James Fenimore Cooper Books Copy Share Image
“I look upon the redmen to be quite as human as we are ourselves, Hurry. They have their gifts, and their religion,… — James Fenimore Cooper Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect… — James Fenimore Cooper Acquisitions Copy Share Image
“The air, the water, and the ground are free gifts to man, and no one has the power to portion them out… — James Fenimore Cooper Breath Copy Share Image
“I have passed days thinking of these matters, out in the silent woods, and I have come to the opinion, boy, that… — James Fenimore Cooper Inspirational quote Copy Share Image
I sometimes wish I had been educated a Catholic, in order to unite the poetry of religion with its higher principles. Are… — James Fenimore Cooper Abstract Copy Share Image
