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It should be remembered that men always prize that most which is least enjoyed. Thus, in a new country, the woods and other objects, which in an old country would be maintained at great cost, are got rid of, simply with a view of “improving” as it is called.

— James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

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Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.

It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience.

The Last of the Mohicans (1826)

When the white man dies, he thinks he is at peace; but the red-men know how to torture even the ghosts of their enemies.

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Is it justice to make evil and then punish for it?

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History, like love, is so apt to surround her heroes with an atmosphere of imaginary brightness.

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