"I had in all human probability
existed about half the period which I am to remain in this Sublunary world ... I
had as yet done but little, very little, indeed, to further the happiness of the
human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation. I viewed
with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence, and now sorely feel the
want of that information which those hours would have given me had they been
judiciously expended ... I resolved in future, to redouble my exertions ... to
live for mankind, as I have heretofore lived for
myself."
- Meriwether Lewis, August 18, 1805, on occasion of his 31st birthday
Poor Meriwether. What a beautiful name he had.
- Meriwether Lewis, August 18, 1805, on occasion of his 31st birthday
Poor Meriwether. What a beautiful name he had.
Bless his heart.
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