I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
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My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever.
My days are never long enough. Yet, they seem to last forever.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.
Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly,
He is now far from them;
For he has read more
Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly,
He is now far from them;
For he has reached the city of the saintly,
The New Jerusalem.
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the read more
Clocks slay time... time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. -Mignon McLaughlin.
Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children. -Mignon McLaughlin.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.
By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The read more
By the time we see that climate change is really bad, your ability to fix it is extremely limited... The carbon gets up there, but the heating effect is delayed. And then the effect of that heat on the species and ecosystem is delayed. That means that even when you turn virtuous, things are actually going to get worse for quite a while.
