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He called Tull a binder of women, a callous beast who hid behind a mock mantle of righteousness—an’ the last an’ lowest coward on the face of the earth. To prey on weak women through their religion—that was the last unspeakable crime!

— Zane Grey Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)

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For hand in glove with that power was an insatiate greed; they were one and the same.

Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)

We'll use a signal I have tried and found far-reaching and easy to yell. Waa-hoo!

The Last of the Plainsmen (1908)

"If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago."

Tales of Southern Rivers (1924)

It was the elision of the weaker element — the survival of the fittest; and some, indeed very many, mothers must lose their sons that way.

The Desert of Wheat (1919)

To bear up under loss — to fight the bitterness of defeat and the weakness of grief — to be victor over anger — to smile when tears are close — to resist evil men and base instincts — to hate hate and to love love — to go on when it would seem good to die — to seek ever after the glory and the dream — to look up with unquenchable faith in something evermore about to be — that is what any man can do, and so be great.

The North American Almanac (1931)

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