I think it will be conceded by every candid and right-thinking mind, that no one can justly take that which is not his own, without giving some equivalent in return, or deprive a people of their ordinary means of support, and not provide …

Edward John Eyre
British explorer and colonial administrator (1815–1901)
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- Lived
- 1815–1901
- Born
- Whipsnade
- Died
- Devon
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Known as
- traveler, explorer, colonial administrator
- Era
- 20th century
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Works (3)
I felt, on such occasions, that I could have sat quietly and contentedly, and let the glass of life glide away to its last sand.
In suggesting the only remedy which appears at all calculated to mitigate the evil complained of, it has studiously been kept in view that there are the interests of two classes to be provided for, those of the Settlers, and those of the …