Ernest Thompson Seton Quotes

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• At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all the books of northern travel…
• The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end.
• Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.
• For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He may endure extreme hunger for…
• How much service have I rendered to my people?
• All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases…
• I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.
• The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial…
• Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.
• I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.
• Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders, and the bright flag he…
• The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually…
• We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and…
• The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between…
• The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.
• At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction…
• Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.
• On the 27th we came to the Cascade Rapids. The first or Little Cascade has about two feet fall, the second or Grand Cascade, a…
• There are no Rabbits in the north-west. This statement, far from final, is practically true today, but I saw plenty of Lynxes, and one cannot…

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