Ernest Thompson Seton Quotes

The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers.

How much service have I rendered to my people?

The Hudson's Bay Company has always been the guardian angel of the north.

Though so trifling, the success of our first Buffalo hunt gave us quite a social lift.

The life of a wild animal always has a tragic end.

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dogs.

The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey.

We and the beasts are kin.

We were now back at Smith Landing, and fired with a desire to make another Buffalo expedition on which we should have ampler time and cover more than a mere corner of the range.

I have only one prejudice in horseflesh - I do not like a white one.

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.

I believe that natural history has lost much by the vague general treatment that is so common.

Not Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and Astor together could have raised money enough to buy a quarter share in my little dog.

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.