"Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This……" — David Starr Jordan
"Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down." This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future."
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David Starr Jordan
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18 Quotes by David Starr Jordan
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Wisdom is knowing. Skill is know how to do it. Virtue is doing it.
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There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated from right living.
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No one is really miserable who has not tried to cheapen life.
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Whatever you attempt, go at it with spirit.
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The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.
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When a dog barks at the moon, then it is religion; but when he barks at strangers, it is patriotism!
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