Ernest Thompson Seton Quotes

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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 soil it stands in ranks.

Ernest Thompson Seton
I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.

Ernest Thompson Seton
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 even starved to death.

Ernest Thompson Seton
Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.

Ernest Thompson Seton
Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.

Ernest Thompson Seton
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 and dreamed for half a lifetime of the north; and that was - almost daily meeting with famous men.

Ernest Thompson Seton
I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.

Ernest Thompson Seton
The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.

Ernest Thompson Seton
A knowledge of animals doubles the interest of an ordinary country ramble — and the more we learn their ways, the more glimpses we will likely get of them!

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.

Ernest Thompson Seton
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 kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.

Ernest Thompson Seton
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 cover more than a mere corner of the range.

Ernest Thompson Seton
Crows know the value of organization, and are as well drilled as soldiers - very much better than some soldiers, in fact, for crows are always on duty, always at war, and always dependent on each other for life and safety.

Ernest Thompson Seton