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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.

— Zane Grey The Desert of Wheat (1919)

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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)

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!

Riders of the Purple Sage (1912)

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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