“I have heard it said that there are men who read in books to convince themselves there is a God. I know not but man may so deform his works in the settlement, as to leave that which is so clear in the wilderness a matter of doubt among traders and priests. If any suchContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Good Book and the Reality in the Colonial Woods (James Fenimore Cooper)”
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RKS Literature: What’s in a Name? (James Fenimore Cooper)
“I’m an admirer of names, though the Christian fashions fall far below savage customs in this particular. The biggest coward I ever knew as called Lyon; and his wife, Patience, would scold you out of hearing in less time than a hunted deer would run a rod. With an Indian tis’ a matter of conscience;Continue reading “RKS Literature: What’s in a Name? (James Fenimore Cooper)”
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