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What it means

Kipling's settler is told the land ends at the foothills, but a whisper keeps telling him to go look. Curiosity is a call worth answering. Look behind your own ranges.

The source

"Something hidden. Go and find it." Rudyard Kipling said it in The Explorer (The Five Nations, 1903). Written in English: The Five Nations, 1903.

"‘Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges--"

Original English (The Five Nations, 1903), The Explorer (The Five Nations, 1903). Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). English writer born in Bombay, author of The Jungle Book and the poem If—, first printed in Rewards and Fairies (1910).

Questions

What does "Something hidden. Go and find it." mean?
Kipling's settler is told the land ends at the foothills, but a whisper keeps telling him to go look. Curiosity is a call worth answering. Look behind your own ranges.
Who said "Something hidden. Go and find it."?
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936). Source: The Explorer (The Five Nations, 1903).
What is the original wording?
‘Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges-- (Original English (The Five Nations, 1903)). Written in English: The Five Nations, 1903.
Is "Something hidden. Go and find it." on a shirt?
Yes. We print it to order on our tees in 7 illustrated looks, from $44, with free US shipping.

Cite this line

"Something hidden. Go and find it." (Rudyard Kipling, The Explorer (The Five Nations, 1903), trans. Original English (The Five Nations, 1903)). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/something-hidden-go-and-find-it

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