James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
“Man’s voice is given to him, like his other talents, to be used, and not to be abused.”
- 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?).












