I would trade all of my technology for
an afternoon with Socrates.
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Nearly every man who develops an idea
works it up to the point where it looks impossible,
and then he gets discouraged.
That's not the place to become discouraged.
You may think it was a very little thing,
and in these days it seems to me like a trifle,
but it was a most important incident in my life.
I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy,
had earned a dollar in less than a day;
that by honest work, I had earned a dollar.
I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.
We have not invaded anyone.
We have not conquered anyone.
We have not grabbed their land,
their culture,
their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.