Nichols School - Verdian Yearbook (Buffalo, NY)

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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

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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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f -P' .I 7 AL p5v 'wwe -.' I I -., ,, , Y In his dwelling, the Sage loves the earth, The descent beckons - ln his heart, he loves what is profound, as the ascent beckoned. I In his relations with others, he loves kindness, Memory is a kind ln his words, he loves sincerity, of accomplishment, In government, he loves peace, a sort of renewal , In business affairs, he loves ability, even In his actions, he loves choosing the right time. an initiation, since the spaces it opens are new placesi I It is because he does not contend inhabited by hordes That he is without reproach. heretofore unrealized, LAO TSE of new kinds- since their movements Q are toward new objectives I feven though formerly they were abandonedl. I WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS I I I 4