Death preserves an ideal.
Learning is important. It is a way to make a life better for yourself and your family.
I can only strive for what is important
They had lived and known glory, and then they were ddead. She was alive and they were not, and nothing but a heartbeat separated her from them
The dead and not-yet dead, we are company all together.
The dead were just the dead, neither awful nor remarkable. History separated out these individuals and preserved their names where others were obilterated for ever.
