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All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
Chief Seattle
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Chief Seattle
Age: 80 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 1
Died: 1866
Died: June 7
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Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.
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The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
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. . . the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the meadows, the body heat of the pony and man - all belong to the same family. . . . The White Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.
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Earth does not belong to us we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
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There is no death, only a change of worlds.
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I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.
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All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
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Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only change of worlds.
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