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James Fenimore Cooper

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)

“The first point to be obtained is to know one’s own mind.”

  • From James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans (chapter 2), originally published in 1826. The reprinted edition used here is from the De Luxe Editions Club / The Country Life Press (New York, 1950s?).

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