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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Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our
years as a tale that is read more
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our
years as a tale that is told.
Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things.
Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
I'm at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left.
Time is the best teacher and judge.
Time is the best teacher and judge.
