A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something

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Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery...

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery...

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears to-night, we may be...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born.

The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people...

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble...

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be...

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

There is pain in prohibition

There is pain in prohibition

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.