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Objectivity and again objectivity, and expression: no hindside-before-ness, no straddled adjectives (as 'addled mosses dank'), no Tennysonianness of speech; nothingnothing that you couldn't, in some circumstance, in the stress of some emotion, actually say. Ezra Pound		Thursday Feb 05, 2026
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars. Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker

Quote Author: Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker

	Captain Edward 'Eddie' Vernon Rickenbacker
	(1890-1973) US pilot of plane downed in Pacific in WW2, 7 men survived over 3 weeks in rafts.

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The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee of continuity is quality. Submerge the good in a flood of the new, and good will come back to join the good which the new brings with it. Old-fashioned hospitality, old-fashioned politeness, old-fashioned honor in business had qualities of survival. These will come back.

... we saw nothing in the way of searching planes or ships.... the second day out we organized little evening and morning prayer meetings.... Frankly and humbly we prayed for our deliverance. After the oranges were gone, we experienced terrific pangs of h