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In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form.
On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top of a tree seen in the clear water under the boat was the only evidence of its existence; though a few hours ago it had formed so prominent an object.
Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description.
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than the rest but saw that we were in distress and would not desert us.
Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there was not a breath of air stirring, the sea heaved slowly with a grand and majestic motion.
The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay.
This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually yet surely, to that state which must entail inevitable destruction on the existing Government of the country.
To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face.
A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.
America is the only nation in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.
Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.
I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.
In order to act, you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
It is far easier to make war than peace.
My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.
War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.
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