“Tarzan was an interested spectator. His desire to kill burned fiercely in his wild breast, but his desire to learn was even greater. He would follow this savage creature for a while and know from whence he came. He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside.”

Source: Tarzan of the Apes (1912), Ch. 9 : Man and Man

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American writer 1875–1950

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