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“A politician, as we know, who serves the people, really serves them out of conviction and idealism, is eventually despised by them as a naïve imbecile. But a scoundrel of color, who can invent a few deadly aphorisms of his own, and can laugh and twinkle and joke, gets their adoration, and even if he is later exposed for what he is—a thief, a timeserver, a liar—the public becomes hysterical at the 'attacks' on him. In fact, the public will attack the outraged attackers of their darling.”
― Taylor Caldwell, Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty

“Emergency tanning method is as follows. Dry deer and animal brains, then boil them in enough urine to form a thin cream-like solution. Soak the raw hides in the solution for 24 hours, then remove them and stretch and pull the hides continuously for at least a half hour over the rounded end of an eight inch or larger log. Pull and stretch the hides until they are dry or practically dry. This is the Ojibway method of tanning raw hides.”
― George Leonard Herter, How to Get out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month

“I was down fishing near the Panama Canal one winter and decided to go over to the Galapagos to shoot a giant lizard.”
― George Leonard Herter, How to Get out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month

“You can even hunt the Yeti or abominable snowman if you want to, in Nepal. Boris Lissanevitch or Tom Mendies of Nepal will arrange a Yeti hunt for you anytime that you want. Tom has never seen a Yeti track but Boris has seen several and will almost guarantee that you see a track and with any luck will see an abominable snowman. Actually they are more plentiful than generally believed. The main thing is to get up high enough in the mountains. This can be rugged and keeps most hunters from getting one. They are simply an ape-like animal with reddish-brown hair, facts that are well known in the mountains.”
― George Leonard Herter, How to Get out of the Rat Race and Live on $10 a Month