James Fenimore Cooper - The Deerslayer (1841)

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On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to fancy that he has lived long; and the history that most abounds in important incidents, soonest assumes the aspect of antiquity.

James Fenimore Cooper
'Tis grand! 'tis solemn! 'tis an education of itself to look upon!

James Fenimore Cooper
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for human nature, gleamings of that pure spirit in whose likeness man has been fashioned, are to be seen, relieving its deformities, and mitigating, if not excusing its crimes.

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Tis hard to live in a world where all look upon you as below them.

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God planted the seeds of all the trees," continued Hetty, after a moment's pause, "and you see to what a height and shade they have grown! So it is with the Bible. You may read a verse this year, and forget it, and it will come back to you a year hence, when you least expect to remember it.

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Whatever may be the changes produced by man, the eternal round of the seasons is unbroken.

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The sun had not risen, but the vault of heaven was rich with the winning, softness that "brings and shuts the day," while the whole air was filled with the carols of birds, the hymns of the feathered tribe.

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I do not pretend that all that white men do is properly Christianized...

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It's wisest always to be so clad that our friends need not ask us for our names.

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The listeners got some such insights into their past lives, as one gets into the darker parts of the woods, when a stray gleam of sunshine finds its way down to the roots of the trees.

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It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength.

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