Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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lt is a beautiful river, he said to his Nature says fevv vvords: Companion. Hence it is that a squall lasts not a Yes, said the ferryman, it is a very vvhole morning. beautiful river. I love it above everything. A rainstorm continues not a vvhole day. l have often listened to it, gazed at it, Where do they come from? and I have always learned something From Nature. from it. Even Nature does not last long in its One can learn much from a river. utterances, HESSE Hovv much less should human beings? LAO TSE

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oldiers are vveapons of evil. They are not the Weapons ofthe gentle man. When the use of soldiers can not be helped The best policy is calm restraint. Even in victory there is no beauty, And who calls it beautiful ls one vvho delights in slaughter. He vvho delights in slaughter Will not succeed in his ambition to rule the vvorld. SUZUKI The Heaven and Earth join, And the sweet rain falls, Beyond the command of men, Yet evenly upon all. Then human civilisation arose and there vvere names. Since there vvere names, lt were well one knew where to stop. He vvho knovvs vvhere to stop May be exempt from danger. Tao in the world May be compared to rivers that run into the sea. LAC TSE 1 4

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Futility of contention To yield is to be preserved whole. To be bent is to become straight. To be hollow is to be filled. To be tattered is to be renewed. To be in want is to possess. To have plenty is to be confused. LAO TSE