William John Wills Quotes
I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.
Citations
Wills, William John. A Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia, from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Edited by William Wills, Richard Bentley, 1863.
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William John Wills was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon. Wills achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
