Though much is taken, much abides;
and though we are not now that strength
which in old days moved earth and heaven,
that which we are, we are –
one equal temper of heroic hearts,
made weak by time and fate,
but strong in will to strive, to seek,
to find, and not to yield.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Ulysses
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; The Great Gatsby
To all men, Jew and Gentile, who have laid down their lives in that ancient and unfinished struggle for human freedom and dignity.
Howard Fast; The dedication to My Glorious Brothers
