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Quotes by Explorer
"Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention."
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"In order to stabilize world population, we must eliminate 350,000 per day."
62
"The weather was fine and moderate. The hunters all returned, having killed during their absence three elk, four deer, two porcupines, a fox and a hare."
62
"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever."
61
"Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World."
60
"In such a diversity it was impossible I should be disposed to melancholy."
60
"We moved leisurely towards Mount Foster, on the 22nd, and arrived opposite to it a little before sunset."
59
"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again."
58
"Yet, upon the whole, the space I traversed is unlikely to become the haunt of civilized man, or will only become so in isolated spots, as a chain of connection to a more fertile country; if such a country exist to the westward."
58
"On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length."
58
"I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below."
57
"Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!"
57
"Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune."
57
"Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatever state he is."
57
"The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, - is fine wool."
56
"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."
56
"Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war."
55
"Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long."
54
"We had not seen any natives for many days, but a few passed the camp on the opposite side of the river on the evening of the 25th. They would not, however, come to us; but fled into the interior in great apparent alarm."
54
"We were also fortunate enough to engage in our service a Canadian Frenchmen, who had been with the Chayenne Indians on the Black mountains, and last summer descended thence by the Little Missouri."
54
"We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so."
54
"For every minute, the future is becoming the past."
54
"Was the crew well? Was I not? I had profited in many ways by the voyage. I had even gained flesh, and actually weighed a pound more than when I sailed from Boston."
53
"Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy."
53
"I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists."
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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."
53
"It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch."
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