"The name Peace River itself is the monument……" — Ernest Thompson Seton
"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 Crees and the Beavers."
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19 Quotes by Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton has 19 quotes on this site.
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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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More Beavers Quotes
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Canada was built on dead beavers.
— Margaret Atwood
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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and…
— Dennis Banks
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But I never get attracted to fans cause the eager beaver could be the collapse of a dam
— Drake
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Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago.…
— Abraham Lincoln
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When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother…
— Oprah Winfrey
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Any business or industry that pays equal rewards to its goof-off and its eager beavers sooner or later will find…
— Unknown Author
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Minks are mean little critters. Vicous, horrible little animals who eat their own. They're not beavers. I wouldn't wear beavers.…
— Valerie Perrine
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A beaver does not, as legend would have it, know which direction the tree will fall when he cuts it,…
— Ann Zwinger
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Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.
— Stephanie Coontz
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Manchester City are defending like beavers
— Chris Kamara
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A child's hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can't make…
— Jake Roberts
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