
1910s, Address at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912)
A collection of quotes on the topic of moose, likeness, life, tree.
1910s, Address at Milwaukee, Wisconsin (1912)
“I'm as strong as a bull moose and you can use me to the limit.”
Letter to Mark Hannah (27 June 1900)
1900s
“There are also animals which are called elks [alces "moose" in Am. Engl.; elk "wapiti"]. The shape of these, and the varied colour of their skins, is much like roes, but in size they surpass them a little and are destitute of horns, and have legs without joints and ligatures; nor do they lie down for the purpose of rest, nor, if they have been thrown down by any accident, can they raise or lift themselves up. Trees serve as beds to them; they lean themselves against them, and thus reclining only slightly, they take their rest; when the huntsmen have discovered from the footsteps of these animals whither they are accustomed to betake themselves, they either undermine all the trees at the roots, or cut into them so far that the upper part of the trees may appear to be left standing. When they have leant upon them, according to their habit, they knock down by their weight the unsupported trees, and fall down themselves along with them.”
Sunt item, quae appellantur alces. Harum est consimilis capris figura et varietas pellium, sed magnitudine paulo antecedunt mutilaeque sunt cornibus et crura sine nodis articulisque habent neque quietis causa procumbunt neque, si quo adflictae casu conciderunt, erigere sese aut sublevare possunt. His sunt arbores pro cubilibus: ad eas se applicant atque ita paulum modo reclinatae quietem capiunt. Quarum ex vestigiis cum est animadversum a venatoribus, quo se recipere consuerint, omnes eo loco aut ab radicibus subruunt aut accidunt arbores, tantum ut summa species earum stantium relinquatur. Huc cum se consuetudine reclinaverunt, infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque una ipsae concidunt.
Book VI
De Bello Gallico
“The face of the moose is as sad as the face of Jesus.”
Source: Memoirs, Unreliable Memoirs (1980), p. 105-6
“Let's go hunt moose on a Harley!”
As noted on Sports Center's Top 10 Mike Lange Signature calls aired on TSN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R60p5EgLP30 (2009-03-11)
“The woman is the subtlest beast in the garden,” said Papa Moose, “now that snakes can’t talk.”
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 3 “Fever” (p. 41).
I'm a Stranger Here Myself (US), Notes From a Big Country (UK) (1998)
"Eric Meets the Moose Diarrhea Salesman", Beyond the Valley of the Gift Police, in an allegory on the current state of politics.