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People and Attributes Admired
May you seek always and strive in
good faith and high courage, in this
world where men grow so tired. Keep
your wonder at great and noble things
like sunlight and thunder, the rain and
the stars, the wind and the
sea,
the
growth of trees, and the return of
harvests. Keep your heart hungry for
new knowledge; keep your hatred of
a
lie; and keep your power of indignation.
Now I must die, and you must be
born to stand upon the rubbish heap of
my errors. Forgive me for this. I
am
ashamed to leave you an untidy world.
-In thought, as
a
last benediction, I kiss
your forehead. Good night to you
--
and
good morning and
a
clear dawn.
Charles F. Banning states that
"If All the
gold in the world were melted down into
a
solid
cube it would be about the size of an eight–
room house.
If
a
man got possession of all that
gold
--
trillions of dollars worth
--
he could not
buy
a
friend, character, peace of mind, clear
conscience, or
a
sense of eternity."
According to Henry
J.
Taylor,
"Imagination
lit
every lamp in this eountry, produced every
article we use, built every church, made every
discovery, performed evety act of kindness and
progress, created more and better things for
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