Quote by: Edgar Rice Burroughs

I do not understand exactly what you mean by fear," said Tarzan. "Like lions, fear is a different thing in different men, but to me the only pleasure in the hunt is the knowledge that the hunted thing has power to harm me as much as I have to harm him. If I went out with a couple of rifles and a gun bearer, and twenty or thirty beaters, to hunt a lion, I should not feel that the lion had much chance, and so the pleasure of the hunt would be lessened in proportion to the increased safety which I felt." "Then I am to take it that Monsieur Tarzan would prefer to go naked into the jungle, armed only with a jackknife, to kill the king of beasts," laughed the other good naturedly, but with the merest touch of sarcasm in his tone. "And a piece of rope," added Tarzan.


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Author Bio


  • NameEdgar Rice Burroughs
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornSeptember 1, 1875
  • DiedMarch 19, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksBarsoom