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Quote #4
He remembered the advice of the old-timer on Sulphur Creek, and smiled. The old-timer had been very serious in laying down the law that no man must travel alone in the Klondike after fifty below. Well, here he was; he had had the accident; he was alone; and he had saved himself. Those old-timers were rather womanish, some of them, he thought. All a man had to do was keep his head, and he was all right. Any man who was a man could travel alone. (21)
This quote draws a direct connection between the man's pride and his sense of masculinity. He criticizes the old-timer for being too womanish, and doesn't seem to have any appreciation for the fact that this old-timer probably knows a lot more about the Yukon than he does.