Hunting the wapiti on a Bitterroot elk quest
The narrator details a strenuous elk hunting expedition with John Wills in the Bitterroot region. They trek through spruce forests and mountain gorges, witness a dramatic bull elk fight, describe camp life, and recount a careful rifle shot that brings down two wapiti as other bulls watch. The account also notes wapiti behavior, rut dynamics, and the animal’s striking but brutal nature, ending with reflections on their impressive carriage and speed.
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G. P. Putnam
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Eltiwr Wolf
Copgur
France
Privileged Class Shaped by Doctors and Duty
Rudyard Kipling in a Middlesex Hospital Medical School address urges physicians toward self sacrifice and ethical responsibility. He critiques a system where doctors only save others while neglecting self and warns against profiting from the work. He uses metaphorical phrases about speed limits and colors to illustrate moral choices.
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Kines
Red Cross
Rudyard Kipling
Middlesex Hospital Medical School
London
New York World
Porgy Breaks the Ice in Fisherman’s Marriage Ask
A fisherman woos Angelina and Ash with tales of catches over a weather chat. He finally confesses winning Angelina with a modest porgy, prompting her father to declare him a piscatorial George Washington and bless the match.
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Angelina
Ash
George Washington
Juror Flees Alabama Trial Over Confusing Testimony
A juror in an Alabama trial, described as a simple honest farmer, suddenly left the courtroom during proceedings and was arrested returning to the building. He explained that after Mr. Hobbs spoke his mind cleared, but when Mr. Clayton spoke he became confused and felt compelled to flee before the truth was told.
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Alabama
Must Win Occasionally
A brief aphorism notes that even losing games can erode respect if defeats become frequent. It implies consistency matters as much as victory in maintaining authority or esteem.
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Gooding
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