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It's in the darkness of men's eyes that they get lost.

Black Elk

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Black Elk
Age: 86 †
Born: 1863
Born: December 1
Died: 1950
Died: August 19
Heyoka
Medicine Man
Tribal Chief
Men
Darkness
Humanity
Eyes
Eye
Lost

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Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours.
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I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World.
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Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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