I think the harder the life, the finer the type, yes, and I certainly felt this about the Bedu. When I went there, I felt that the difficulty was goi… - Wilfred Thesiger

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I think the harder the life, the finer the type, yes, and I certainly felt this about the Bedu. When I went there, I felt that the difficulty was going to be living up physically to the hardships of their life. But, on the contrary, it was the difficulty of meeting their high standards: their generosity, their patience, their loyalty, their courage and all these things. And they had a quality of nobility.

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About Wilfred Thesiger

Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE, DSO, FRAS, FRSL, FRGS (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one of London") was an English explorer and travel writer.

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Alternative Names: Sir Wilfred Thesiger Wilfred Patrick Thesiger Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger Wilfred, Sir Thesiger Mubarak Bin London Wilfred Patrick, Sir Thesiger Wilfred Thesinger

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