I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their eternal impudence, would hunt mastodon as they now hunt elephant. Impudence seems to be the word. At least David and Goliath were of the same species, but, to an elephant, a man can only be a midge with a deathly sting.


West With The Night (ed. Hachette UK, 2015) - ISBN: 9780349007342

Beryl Markham Quotes

I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their eternal impudence,...

I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their eternal impudence,...

I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their eternal impudence,...

I suppose if there were a part of the world in which mastodon still lived, somebody would design a new gun, and men, in their eternal impudence,...