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The unfortunate thing is not so much that the dead are lost to us -- the son or daughter, mother or father, Gandhi or Jesus or Mohammed, George Washington or Leon Trotsky or Winston Churchill or Adolph Hitler ... the small flickers and bright lights.
The unfortunate thing is not so much that they are lost to us.
The unfortunate thing is that they are no longer available to correct our applause and catcalls.
Their legacy is that we must make those corrections all by ourselves.
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"Their legacy is that we must make those corrections all by ourselves."
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the saying "instead of giving a fish, give a pole and teach them to fish". That being the case, maybe it's not so unfortunate.
Teach a man to fish and you have created a world class liar.
ReplyDeleteThen I guess Gandhi, Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Washington, Hitler and all did a pretty good job on this planet.
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