James F. Cooper
James F. Cooper
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 September 1789
CountryUnited States of America
spring men white
God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to slake his thirst.
motivation inspiration ignorance
Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.
evil
There are evils worse than death,
mean order rights
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.
men flames soul
A soul,--a spark of the never-dying flame that separates man from all the other beings of earth.
death night iron
Death is appalling to those of the most iron nerves, when it comes quietly and in the stillness and solitude of night.
men air free-gifts
The air, the water and the ground are free gifts to man and no one has the power to portion them out in parcels. Man must drink and breathe and walk and therefore each man has a right to his share of each.
hope fancy humans
Hope is the most treacherous of all human fancies.
book louisiana half
Much was said and written, at the time, concerning the policy of adding the vast regions of Louisiana, to the already immense, and but half-tenanted territories of the United-States.
political individuality liberty
Individuality is the aim of political liberty
men evil dies
It is better for a man to die at peace with himself than to live haunted by an evil conscience!
character greatness men
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.