Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be let as it was. . . The country was made without lines of demarcation and it is no man's business to divide it. . . l see the whites all over the country gaining wealth, and see their desire to give us lands which are worthless. . . The earth and myself are of one mind. The measure of the land and the measure of our bodies are the same. . . Do not mis- understand me, but understand me fully with reference to my affection for the land. I never said the land was mine to do with as l choose. The one who has the right to dispose of it is the one who has created it. l claim a right to live on my land and accord you the privilege to live on yours. T Chief Joseph Nez-Perces Tribe

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Man, introverted man, having crossed In passage and but a little with the nature of things this latter century Has begot giants, but being taken up Like a maniac with self-love and inward conflicts cannot manage his hybrids. Being used to deal with edgeless dreams, Now he's bred knives on nature turns them also inward: they have thirsty points though. His mind forbodes his own destruction: Actaeon who saw the goddess naked among leaves and his hounds tore him. A little knowledge, a pebble from the shingle, A drop from the oceans: who would have dreamed this infinitely little too much? . . .They have done what never was done before. Not as a people takes a land to love it and be fed. A little, according to need and love, and again a littleg sparing the country tribes mixing Their blood with theirs, their minds with all the rocks and rivers, their flesh with the soil, no, without hunger Wasting the world and your own labor, without love possessing, not even your hands to the dirt but plows Like blades of knives, heartless machines, houses of steel, using and despising the patient earth. . . Oh, as a rich man eats a forest for profit and a field for vanity, so you came west and raped The continent and brushed its people to death. Without need, the weak skirmishing hunters, and without mercy. . .

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In the end, There was Earth, and it was with form and beauty. And Nlan dwelt upon the lands of the Earth, the meadows and trees and he said, Let us build our dwellings in this place of beauty. And he built cities and covered the Earth with concrete and steel. And the meadows were gone. And IVIan said, lt is good. On the second day, Nlan looked upon the water of the Earth. And lVlan said, Let us put our wastes in the waters that the dirt will be washed away. And Nlan did. And the Waters became polluted and foul in their smell. And Nlan said, lt is good. U af' it - 'E - , iffy