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African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist

Book by Theodore Roosevelt · 3 quotes · Wilderness, Delight, History

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“Death by violence, death by cold, death by starvation - they are the normal endings of the stately creatures of the wilderness. The sentimentalists who prattle about the peaceful life of nature do not realize its utter mercilessness.”

“There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.”