"At this camp I had the unique experience……" — Ernest Thompson Seton
"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 of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way."
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19 Quotes by Ernest Thompson Seton
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At each of these northern posts there were interesting experiences in store for me, as one who had read all…
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The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end.
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Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.
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For a man who is lost, the three greatest dangers in order of importance, are Fear, Cold, and Hunger. He…
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How much service have I rendered to my people?
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All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered…
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I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.
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The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the…
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Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.
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I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.
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Amid the cheering of the crowds, he hardly heard his master's voice, but he saw the familiar head and shoulders,…
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The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe…
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