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James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “One of the misfortunes of a nation, is to hear little besides its own praises.”

51. “One of the misfortunes of a nation, is to hear little besides its own praises.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “A great deal of undigested morality is uttered to the world, under the disguise of a pretended public virtue. In the eye of reason, the man who deliberately and voluntarily contracts civil engagements is more strictly bound to their fulfilment, than he whose whole obligations consist of an accident over which he had not the smallest control, that of birth ; though the very reverse of this is usually maintained undei the influence of popular prejudice.”

52. “A great deal of undigested morality is uttered to the world, under the disguise of a pretended public virtue. In the eye of reason, the man who deliberately and voluntarily contracts civil engagements is more strictly bound to their fulfilment, than he whose whole obligations consist of an accident over which he had not the smallest control, that of birth ; though the very reverse of this is usually maintained undei the influence of popular prejudice.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “Questions concerning the status of the western territories, the National Bank, the recent economic depression, and the Indian wars affected Cooper directly.”

53. “Questions concerning the status of the western territories, the National Bank, the recent economic depression, and the Indian wars affected Cooper directly.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “Nevertheless, likin’ is a tender plant, and never thrives long when watered with tears. Let the ’arth around your married happiness be moistened by the dews of kindness.”

54. “Nevertheless, likin’ is a tender plant, and never thrives long when watered with tears. Let the ’arth around your married happiness be moistened by the dews of kindness.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “After all, what schoolmaster is a match for an Indian, in looking into natur’? Some people think they are only good on a trail, or the war-path, but I say that they are philosophers, and understand a man, as well as they understand a beaver, and a woman as well as they understand either.”

55. “After all, what schoolmaster is a match for an Indian, in looking into natur’? Some people think they are only good on a trail, or the war-path, but I say that they are philosophers, and understand a man, as well as they understand a beaver, and a woman as well as they understand either.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to say that where anything which involves qualities or character is asserted, we must be understood to mean “under the circumstances.”

56. “Our orthodox friends need not be told that all merit in this world is comparative; and once for all, we desire to say that where anything which involves qualities or character is asserted, we must be understood to mean “under the circumstances.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “Indian made no other answer than by dropping his paddle into the water, and urging forward the canoe. As he held the office of directing its course, his resolution was sufficiently indicated by the movement. The whole party now plied their paddles vigorously, and in a very few moments they had reached a point whence they might command an entire view of the northern shore of.”

57. “Indian made no other answer than by dropping his paddle into the water, and urging forward the canoe. As he held the office of directing its course, his resolution was sufficiently indicated by the movement. The whole party now plied their paddles vigorously, and in a very few moments they had reached a point whence they might command an entire view of the northern shore of.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “As he mused, he became keenly sensible of the deep responsibility they assume, who disregard the means to attain their end, and of all the danger of setting in motion an engine, which it exceeds human power to control.”

58. “As he mused, he became keenly sensible of the deep responsibility they assume, who disregard the means to attain their end, and of all the danger of setting in motion an engine, which it exceeds human power to control.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “You must do to your enemies, as you wish your enemies would do to you.”

59. “You must do to your enemies, as you wish your enemies would do to you.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper Quote: “Since we more commonly begin that history with the Revolution, events taking place before the Revolution are invested with an archaic quality usually associated with antiquity.”

60. “Since we more commonly begin that history with the Revolution, events taking place before the Revolution are invested with an archaic quality usually associated with antiquity.”

— James Fenimore Cooper

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