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Quotation from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
“I am the only white seal that has ever been born on the beaches, and I am the only seal, black or white, who ever thought of looking for new islands.”
The Jungle Book, The White Seal (Project Gutenberg #236)
Encouraged by a dying old seal, Kotick resolves to keep searching for a safe home for his people.
Citation: "I am the only white seal that has ever been born on the beaches, and I am the only seal, black or white, who ever thought of looking for new islands." — Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book, The White Seal (Project Gutenberg #236). (id the-jungle-book-q5)
Portrait: JunglebookCover, Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling, Public domain.
