Carnivorous animals must eat flesh or die; primitive man may be in the same state, whether he be Eskimo or Bushman; what about the sportsman? The man who owns a deer forest, grouse moor or partridge manor has a moral right to take a share of the natural increase of the animals on his ground if he uses decent methods." - Meaning and context.">
(1938), Wild Country: A Highland Naturalist's Notes and Pictures, page: 98, publisher: Cambridge University Press (103 pages)
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Carnivorous animals must eat flesh or die; primitive man may be in the same state, whether he be Eskimo or Bushman; what about the sportsman? The man who owns a deer forest, grouse moor or partridge manor has a moral right to take a share of the natural increase of the animals on his ground if he uses decent methods.

— Frank Fraser Darling

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Carnivorous animals must eat flesh or die; primitive man may be in the same state, whether he be Eskimo or Bushman; what about the sportsman? The man who owns a deer forest, grouse moor or partridge manor has a moral right to take a share of the natural increase of the animals on his ground if he uses decent methods." in the context of "(1938), Wild Country: A Highland Naturalist's Notes and Pictures, page: 98, publisher: Cambridge University Press (103 pages)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Frank Fraser Darling

Frank Fraser Darling (23 June 1903 – 22 October 1979) was an English ecologist, ornithologist and author, who is strongly associated with the highlands and islands of Scotland. He gives his name to the Fraser Darling effect.