The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in an individual, the possession of no other qualities can possibly atone.
The wilderness hunter : An account of the Big Game of the United States and Its Chase with Horse, Hound, and Rifle. Volume 1 (ed. Best Books on, 1893) - ISBN: 9781623769949