Mourning Dove quotes
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“Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.”
-- Mourning DoveSource : Mourning Dove (1994). “Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography”, p.69, U of Nebraska Press
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“Less than the dust beneath thy chariot wheel, less than the weed that grows beside thy door.”
Source : 'The Garden of Kama' (1901) 'Less than the Dust'
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“Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.”
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“Tomorrow, more's the pity, Away we both must hie, To air the ditty and to earth I.”
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“But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.”
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