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Resourcefulness Buck clever and temerarious dog perseveres in the Klondike. [Am. Lit.: Call of the Wild] butler proves to be infinite resource for castaway family on island. [Br. Lit.: The Admirable Crichton] inventive when shipwrecked on an island. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe] from ingeniousness of duck in .eluding enemies. [Heraldry: Halberts, 26] burns his boat’s superstructure and decks for fuel and thus reaches London on time. [Fr. Lit.: Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days] shipwrecked family carves hospitable life from wilderness. [Children’s Lit.: Swiss Family Robinson] (1817–1862) example of man’s ability to build his own life in the wilderness. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2738] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He could not swim, and the water was very deep; but still he lost no particle of that self-confidence and resourcefulness which were the badges of his superior being. As I ran for my life through the dark galleries beneath the palace of Salensus Oll I must indeed have presented a remarkable appearance had there been any to note it, for though death loomed large about me, my face was split by a broad grin as I thought of the resourcefulness of the nameless hero of Marentina to whom I owed my life. He was big enough to admit it and admire it even in a German spy, but he saw that in this case it only added to her resourcefulness and made her all the more dangerous and the necessity for putting her out of the way paramount. |
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