Quote#World
...men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and…
Quote byJack London · 1876–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Call of the Wild (1903).
English (original)
...men, groping in the Arctic darkness, had found a yellow metal, and because steamship and transportation companies were booming the find, thousands of men were rushing into the Northland. These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
— Jack London
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Life? Bah! It has no value. Of cheap things it is the cheapest.
Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
Judge them by their works. What have they done for mankind beyond the spinning of airy fancies and the mistaking of their own shadows for gods?
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