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James Fenimore Cooper - The Prairie (1827)

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I will go upon the rock, boys, and look abroad for the savages," said Ishmael shortly after, advancing towards them with a mien which he intended should be conciliating, at the same time that it was authoritative. "If there is nothing to fear, we will go out on the plain; the day is too good to be lost in words, like women in the towns wrangling over their tea and sugared cakes.

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[The Great Prairies] A vast country, incapable of sustaining a dense population.

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Perfection is always found in maturity, whether it be in the animal or in the intellectual world. Reflection is the mother of wisdom, and wisdom the parent of success.

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Advice is not a gift, but a debt that the old owe to the young.

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Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense, and but half-tenanted territories of the United-States.

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James Fenimore Cooper

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Born: September 15, 1789
Died: September 14, 1851 (aged 61)
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