“Boys [should be] inured from childhood to trifling risks and slight dangers of every possible description, such as tumbling into ponds and off of trees, etc., in order to strengthen their nervous system... They ought to practice leaping off heights… — R. M. Ballantyne Copy Share Image
To part is the lot of all mankind. The world is a scene of constant leave-taking, and the hands that grasp in cordial greeting today, are doomed ere long to unite for the last time, when the quivering lips pronounce the word - Farewell — R. M. Ballantyne Copy Share
“Boys [should be] inured from childhood to trifling risks and slight dangers of every possible description, such as tumbling into ponds and off of… — R. M. Ballantyne Copy Share Image
But although we have noticed the ark as being the first ship, we cannot with propriety place it in the front of the history… — R. M. Ballantyne Copy Share Image
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