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William John Wills

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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.


— William John Wills


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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.


— William John Wills


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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.


— William John Wills


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Both camels are dead and our provisions are done.


— William John Wills


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Everyone who comes out does a very foolish thing in bringing such a quantity of clothes that he never wants.


— William John Wills


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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.


— William John Wills


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I do not like Melbourne in its present state.


— William John Wills


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I have deposited some of my journals here for fear of accidents.


— William John Wills


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I see by your letter to my father that you are rather afraid the French may invade England.


— William John Wills


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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.


— William John Wills


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About William John Wills

William John Wills Quotes




Did you know about William John Wills?

a. He was one of seven children;
Elizabeth Rose Wills (August 1831–23 May 1832). London 15 April 1914).

He achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. June/July 1861) was a British surveyor who also trained for a while as a surgeon.

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