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It is one of the blessings of wilderness life that it shows us how few things we need in order to be perfectly happy.

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A man can stand almost any hardship by day, and be none the worse for it, provided he gets a comfortable nights rest; but without sound sleep he will soon go to pieces, no matter how gritty he may be.

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You may loan your last dollar to a friend; but never loan him your axe, unless you are certain that he knows how to use it.

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Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

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Horace Kephart

Horace Kephart
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Born: September 8, 1862
Died: April 2, 1931 (aged 68)
Bio: Horace Sowers Kephart was an American travel writer and librarian, best known as the author of Our Southern Highlanders about his life in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina and the classic outdoors guide Camping and Woodcraft.
Known for:
  1. Camping and woodcraft (1916)
  2. Our Southern Highlanders (1913)
  3. The book of camping and woodcraft (1906)
  4. Camp Cookery (1910)
  5. Sporting firearms (1912)

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