Quotes by William John Wills - Page 1

I do not like Melbourne in its present state.
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Melbourne
States
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Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.
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Camels
Provisions
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This country is undergoing great changes for the better.
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Undergoing
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We have this morning dropped anchor, just off Williamstown.
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Morning
Anchors
Anchor
Dropped
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I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.
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Accidents
Journals
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The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great.
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Advantage
Danger
Actual
Advantages
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Our clothes are going to pieces fast. Send provisions as soon as possible.
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Clothes
Fast
Provisions
Send
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I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England.
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England
French
Invade
Letter
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Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.
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Clothes
Doe
Foolish
Quantity
Stupid
Bringing
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These rare senses and powers of reasoning were given to be used freely, but not audaciously, to discover, not to pervert the truth.
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Reasoning
Senses
Rare
Discover
Freely
Powers
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I am often disgusted at hearing young people I know, declare that they are afraid of doing this or that, because they MIGHT be killed.
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Disgusted
Hearing
Might
People
I Am People Doing
Declare
Young People
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The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked with green and purple.
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Bird
Bronze
Colour
Delicate
Green
Purple
Wings
Neck
Marked
Pigeon
Pink
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Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be.
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Altered
Cheaper
Lasts
Littles
Melbourne
Saws
Buildings
Fair
Wonderfully
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I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.
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Animal
Characteristics
Higher
Ignorance
Meanness
Sentiments
Vices
Consider
Generally
Low
Vice
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Our journey so far has been very satisfactory: we are most fortunate as regards the season, for there has been more rain this winter than has been known for the last four or five years.
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Journey
Fortunate
Rain
Winter
Regards
Satisfactory
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What you say about this world I do not quite agree with; I think it a very good world, and only requires a person to be reasonable in his expectations, and not to trust too much to others.
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Trust
Agree
Expectations
Reasonable
Thinking
World
Requires
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It is of great importance to note these meteors, even the small ones, as very little is yet known of them; and every observation, if carefully made, will some day help to show what they are.
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Importance
Observation
Great Day Will
Carefully
Note
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The country up here is beautiful; everything green and pleasant; and if you saw it now, you would not believe that in two months' time it could have such a parched and barren appearance as it will then assume.
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Appearance
Barren
Green
Pleasant
Assume
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They have just succeeded in raising the two thousand pounds here, by subscription, that was wanted towards an exploration fund, for fitting out an expedition, that will probably start for the interior of our continent next March.
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Travel
Exploration
Fitting
Fund
March
Next
Pounds
Subscription
Thousand
Two
Continent
Expedition
Towards
Interior
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At any rate, girls are differently situated. Having no need of deep scientific knowledge, their education is confined more to the ordinary things of the world, the study of the fine arts, and of the manners and dispositions of people.
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Art
Education
Girl
Confined
Fine Arts
Manners
Ordinary
Ordinary Things
Rate
Scientific Knowledge
Study
Education Knowledge World
Arts
Scientific
Situated
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You should carefully study the Art of Reasoning, as it is what most people are very deficient in, and I know few things more disagreeable than to argue, or even converse with a man who has no idea of inductive and deductive philosophy.
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Art
Men
Disagreeable
No Idea
Philosophy
Reasoning
Study
Carefully
Converse
Deficient
Few Things
Inductive
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I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less.
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Camels
Disappointed
Horseback
Ideas
Practice
Riding
Shakes
In Fact
Ride
Unpleasant
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