To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them… RICHARD HENRY (LIGHT HORSE HARRY) LEE, writing in Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republic (1787-1788)
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318 (Foley, Ed., 1967)
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary. Whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
One ship drives east and the other drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. ‘Tis the set of the sails and not the gales Which tells us the way to go.
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To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them… RICHARD HENRY (LIGHT HORSE HARRY) LEE, writing in Letters from the Federal Farmer to the Republic (1787-1788)
I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low And the stars are shining bright.
A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Encyclopedia of T. Jefferson, 318 (Foley, Ed., 1967)
I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary. Whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
One ship drives east and the other drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. ‘Tis the set of the sails and not the gales Which tells us the way to go.
Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers — Leonard Brandwein
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