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Quotes by Explorer
"It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport."
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"I have always supported measures and principles and not men."
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"The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit."
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"I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks."
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"The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment."
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"In this eventful period the colony of New South Wales is already far advanced."
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"My ship was also in better condition than when she sailed from Boston on her long voyage. She was still as sound as a nut, and as tight as the best ship afloat. She did not leak a drop - not one drop!"
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"We had high and boisterous winds last night and this morning: the Indians continue to purchase repairs with grain of different kinds."
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"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."
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"In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds."
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"So in process of four or five years the emperor called me, as divers times he had done before."
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"Long after this wonderful event in the Earth's history, when the human species was spread over a good deal of Asia, Europe, and Africa, migration to the American continents began in attempts to find new feeding grounds and unoccupied areas for hunting and fishing."
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"One of the greatest objections which families have to New South Wales, is their apprehension of the moral effects that are likely to overwhelm them by bad example, and for which no success in life could compensate."
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"In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners."
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"Cows, after leaving the low lands near the coast, are found to be plentiful everywhere, and to produce milk in small quantities, from which butter is made."
Cows,
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"I desire to put off my trial as long as I can till I can get my evidence ready."
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"I had no money nor friends to prepare for the trial till last night."
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"The rain, which had continued yesterday and last night, ceased this morning. We then proceeded, and after passing two small islands about ten miles further, stopped for the night at Piper's landing, opposite another island."
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"The awareness of our environment came progressively in all countries with different outlets."
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"Hunger and fear are the only realities in dog life: an empty stomach makes a fierce dog."
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"Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us."
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"These matters having been arranged, I had a temporary awning erected near the river, and was for three or four days busily employed writing an account of our journey for the Governor's information."
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"In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great."
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"It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour."
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