"O ye by wandering tempest sown 'Neath every alien star, Forget not whence the breath was blown That wafted you afar! For ye are still her ancient seed On younger soil let fall— Children of Britain's island-breed, To whom the Mother in her need Perchance may one day call."

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Source : William Watson, “England And Her Colonies”

William Watson

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“Women are looking out for other women and their children. There are some great nannies, and there are some horrible nannies. And I don't blame individual women for wanting to keep an eye on it. I blame the government for not having subsidized high-quality day care. Should it be on a woman no matter how rich she is to be a one-woman show where she finds the nanny, interviews the nanny, does a psychological evaluation of the nanny, supervises the nanny? It's criminal how little America cares about child care, which is to me the pressing issue of our nation.”
“If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth.”
“It is man who has fallen, not the beasts: that is the message even for the irreligious, and to some extent salvation can be measured by his very treatment of them.”
“I think both sides [China and United States] should work hard to build a new type of relationship between big powers. The two sides should cooperate with each other for a win-win result in order to benefit people from the two countries and the world.”

Source : "Xi, Obama Vow to Step Up Cooperation". english.cntv.cn. June 08, 2013.
“Music is an essential part of everything we do. Like puppetry, music has an abstract quality which speaks to a worldwide audience in a wonderful way that nourishes the soul.”
“Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.”
“There was always so much encouragement, to just really take it and run with it, from Deadheads.”
“All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army.”

Source : Richard Harding Davis (2014). “With the Allies”, p.17, Read Books Ltd

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