"He has the religion of the matter, in believing what is to happen will happen; and with such a consolation, it won't be long afore he submits to the rationality of killing a four-footed beast, to save the lives of human men."
and
"She smiled, as if in pity at her own momentary forgetfulness, discovering by the act a row of teeth that would have shamed the purest ivory; when, replacing the veil ,she bowed her face, and rode in silence, like one whose thoughts wer abstracted from the scene around her."
Oh, definitely read the book first. Or skip the movie all together. The movie is wonderful so guess where that puts the book on my scorecard.
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It was a rare film.
It had a crush, a rare thing in cinema, on the leatherstocking tale.
I remember James Fenimore Cooper being read to me when I was little.
Took his sweet time with every detail.
Had all the strengths of Melville and none of his weaknesses.
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