“ It's easier to get along without food than it is without water. ”
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Return of Tarzan (1913). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Source | Return of Tarzan |
| Topic | food water |
| Date | 1913 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/81/81-h/81-h.htm |
Context
“One after another the four tins on board were opened. And as the contents of each became known howls of anger announced the grim truth—there was not an ounce of food upon the boat.
"Well, thank Gawd it wasn't the water," cried Thompkins. "It's easier to get along without food than it is without water. We can eat our shoes if worse comes to worst, but we couldn't drink 'em."
As he spoke Wilson had been boring a hole in one of the water kegs, and as Spider held a tin cup he tilted the keg to pour a draft of the precious fluid.”
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