#recede

All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death. ↗

— Ernest Thompson Seton

#barren #cases #consequence #death #dreadful

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

#always #eye #generation #genius #intellect

It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profitable - effort to prevent the annihilation of the human race. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#effort #encouraged #human #human race #individuals

At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States. ↗

— Olympia Snowe

#determination #displayed #ever #extraordinary #him

The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#assistance #being #charter #commission #commitment

Stability means respecting precedents. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#precedents #respecting #stability

For scholarship - if it is to be scholarship - requires, in addition to liberty, that the truth take precedence over all sectarian interests, including self-interest. ↗

— John Charles Polanyi

#including #interests #liberty #over #precedence

I have an almost complete disregard of precedent, and a faith in the possibility of something better. It irritates me to be told how things have always been done. I defy the tyranny of precedent. I go for anything new that might improve the past. ↗

— Clara Barton

#always #anything #been #better #complete

I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#america #before #celebrate #chance #day

Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race. ↗

— Mary McLeod Bethune

#development #full #given #glory #history