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“So live your life that the fear of
death can never enter your heart.
Trouble no one about their
religion; respect others in their view,
and demand that they respect yours.
Love your life, perfect your life,
beautify all things in your life.
Seek to make your life long
and its purpose in the service of
your people.
Prepare a noble death song for
the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of
salute when meeting or passing a friend,
even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
Show respect to all people and grovel
to none.
When you arise in the morning give
thanks for the food and for the joy of living.
If you see no reason for giving thanks,
the fault lies only in yourself.
Abuse no one and no thing,
for abuse turns the wise ones
to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die,
be not like those whose hearts
are filled with the fear of death,
so that when their time comes
they weep and pray for a little more
time to live their lives over again
in a different way.
Sing your death song and die
like a hero going home.”
Chief Tecumseh
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