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Man and the Natural World Quotes
That he might advance his people!Ye who love the haunts of Nature,Love the sunshine of the meadow,Love the shadow of the forest,Love the wind among the branches (I.78-82)
Gender Quotes
Else you would not cry and whimperLike a miserable woman! (2.53-54)
Violence Quotes
Then began the deadly conflict, Hand to hand among the mountains (4.205-206)
Family Quotes
For himself he kept the West-Wind,Gave the others to his children (2.87-88)
Love Quotes
So he only gazed upon her,Only sat and sighed with passionFor the maiden of the prairie (2.299-301)