Quote#Courage
My good fellows we shall soon have sport--there are but five of…
Quote byMoses Van Campen · 1757–1849
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sketches of Border Adventures, 1842.
English (original)
My good fellows we shall soon have sport--there are but five of them...we'll have something more to do--there are ten of them...we shall now, my brave fellows, have enough of it, for we are nearly equally manned.
— Moses Van Campen
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