Tom Wolfe
American author and journalist (1930-2018)
William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922), known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born in the Argentinian pampas where he roamed free in his youth, he observed bird life and collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.
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William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922), known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born in the Argentinian pampas where he roamed free in his youth, he observed bird life and collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. The Patagonian birds Knipolegus hudsoni and Asthenes hudsoni are named after him. He would later write about life in Patagonia that drew special admiration for his style. His most popular work Green Mansions (1904), a romance set in the Venezuelan forest inspired a Hollywood movie and several other works.
5 Quotes by William Henry Hudson
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The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence.
William Henry HudsonBritish-Argentinian ornithologist (1841-1924)
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We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn’t know and didn’t believe.
William Henry HudsonBritish-Argentinian ornithologist (1841-1924)
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Animals of all classes, old and young, shrink with instinctive fear from any strange object approaching them.
William Henry HudsonBritish-Argentinian ornithologist (1841-1924)
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Now that we are cool, he said, and regret that we hurt each other, I am not sorry that it happened.
William Henry HudsonBritish-Argentinian ornithologist (1841-1924)
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You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren.
William Henry HudsonBritish-Argentinian ornithologist (1841-1924)