Topic: Our Precious Legacy, our Children & their children & so on..
Rapunzel's photo
Fri 08/31/07 09:54 PM
"If we work upon marble it will perish;
if on brass, time will efface it;
if we rear temples, they will crumble into dust;
but if we work upon immortal minds, {our children}
and imbue them with principles,
with the just fear of God
and love of our fellow man,
we will engrave on those tablets
something that will brighten all eternity."

Noah Webster (1758-1843),
author of the first American dictionary


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floridagurl's photo
Fri 08/31/07 10:05 PM
VERY well said !!

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Fri 08/31/07 10:45 PM
Thought Meriam Webster wrote the 1st American dictionary.

Rapunzel's photo
Fri 08/31/07 11:29 PM



thank you Florida girl and Summerz...

In regards to who wrote the first Dictionary...
I don't know for sure, does anyone?? :wink: laugh

here is the website I found this and other quotes in
and it is listed in # 72...

http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/Thoughts.html


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