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But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all.
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Beautiful Save Sooner Thinking Wise
As you walk upon the sacred earth, treat each step as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Sacred
The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling.
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Country Native Sky Song
The boys of my people began very young to learn the ways of men, and no one taught us; we just learned by doing what we saw, and we were warriors at a time when boys now are like girls.
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Boys Girl Girls Learned Warrior
Know the Power that is Peace.
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Inspirational Life Peace Power
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle.
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Circles Country Native People
And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
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Breath Country Lightning Native
The Universe is circles within circles, and everything is one circle, and all the circles are connected to each other.
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Circles Community Together
The power of a thing or an act is in the meaning and the understanding.
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Country Meaning Native Power Understanding
Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
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Dream Wake Up Waking
A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Given Make Nations Over Said
Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body; but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me.
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Fog Glowing Meaning Talk Thinking Words
Each family is a circle, and those family circles connect together and make a community, and the community makes its circle where it lives on the Earth.
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Circle Community Earth Live Together
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its prayer to the Great Spirit, for not only men, but all things and all beings pray to Him continually in differing ways.
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Different Garden Men Prayer Spirit Way
Let every step you take upon the earth be as a prayer.
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Earth Prayer Steps
Everything tries to be round.
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Education Statistics Trying

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