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“ I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution. ”

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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children.

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As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.

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But Hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns.

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I looked long and carefully at the picture of a stag painted by Landseer - the style was good, and the brush was handled with fine effect; but he fails in copying Nature, without which the best work will be a failure.

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