Heralds of Empire: Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade

Agnes C. Laut‏

يناير 1902 · New York : D. Appleton

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"I see him yet - swarthy, straight as a lance, keen as steel, in his eyes the restless fire that leaps to red when sword cuts sword. I see him yet - beating about the high seas, a lone adven turer, tracking forest wastes where no man else dare go, pitting his wit against the intrigue Of king and court and empire. Prince of path finders, prince Of pioneers, prince of gamesters, he played the game for love Of the game, caring never a rush for the gold which pawns other men's souls. How much of good was in his ill, how much Of ill in his good, let his life de clare! He played fast and loose with truth, I know, till all the world played fast and loose with him. He juggled with empires as with puppets, but he died not a groat the richer."--forgottenbooks.com.