It ought to have been different, but you often times will find that the story doesn't always go the way you had in mind. And Jeremiah's story was that kind.

17 seconds sound clip from the Jeremiah Johnson (1972) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:52.294 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Ride due west as the sun sets. Turn left at the Rocky Mountains.

- This here's his story.

- Jeremiah Johnson made his way into the mountains, betting on forgetting all the troubles that he knew.

- The trail was wide and narrow. The eagle or the sparrow showed the path he was to follow as it flew.

- A mountain man's a lonely man and he leaves a lot behind.

- It ought to have been different, but you often times will find that the story doesn't always go the way you had in mind. And Jeremiah's story was that kind.

- Jeremiah's story was that kind.

- I, Hatchet Jack, being of sound mind and broke legs, do hereby leaveth my bear rifle to whatever finds it. Lord hope it be a white man.

- It is a good rifle and killed the bear that killed me.

- Anyway, I am dead.

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