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.

James Fenimore Cooper

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.

James Fenimore Cooper

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

James Fenimore Cooper

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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