Archibald Rutledge quotes
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“Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters.”
-- Archibald RutledgeSource : Archibald Rutledge, James A. Casada (1994). “America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales”, p.18, Univ of South Carolina Press
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“It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.”
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“It has always seemed to me that any man is a better man for being a hunter. This sport confers a certain constant alertness, and develops a certain ruggedness of character....Moreover, it allies us to the pioneer past. In a deep sense, this great land of ours was won for us by hunters.”
-- Archibald RutledgeSource : Thomas Ligotti (2009). “Teatro Grottesco”, p.53, Random House
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“You should remember that though another may have more money, beauty, and brains than you, when it comes to the rarer spiritual values such as charity, self-sacrifice, honor, nobility of heart, you have an equal chance with everyone to be the most beloved and honored of all people.”
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“If there is anything in life in which I take a pardonable pride, it is my friendship for certain old woodsmen and hunters; obscure men, as far as the world is concerned, but faithful friends, loyal comrades.”
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“The turkey's eyes are such that he can see a bumblebee turn a somersault on the verge of the horizon.”
-- Archibald RutledgeSource : Archibald Rutledge, James A. Casada (1994). “America's Greatest Game Bird: Archibald Rutledge's Turkey Hunting Tales”, p.9, Univ of South Carolina Press
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“It is my fixed conviction that if a parent can give his children a passionate and wholesome devotion to the outdoors, the fact that he cannot leave each of them a fortune does not really matter so much.”
-- Archibald RutledgeSource : Archibald Rutledge (2015). “The Doom of Ravenswood”, p.34, Univ of South Carolina Press
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“Familiarity with nature never breeds contempt. The more one learns, the more one expects surprises, and the more one becomes aware of the inscrutable.”
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“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”
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“She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.”
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Source : Interview with Marc Grossman, www.cfr.org. April 14, 2010.
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