"I take my hat off whenever someone say my daddy's name. But I ain't gonna be no fool about no sentimental value" (Wilson 51). ... And he died over giving me that. I ain't gonna let it sit up there and rot without trying to do something with it" (Wilson 46). Boy Willie's father, who died over the piano, gave Boy Willie that same piano. ...
It was a great affliction to me to be ignorant of their natures, for I am very certain they are all valuable; specimens of them and of the plants I have preserved" (Columbus 108-109). ... So as there died some times two or three of a day in the foresaid time, that of 100 and odd persons, scarce fifty remained" (Bradford 317). ... In the Declaration of Independence Jefferson writes: "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit o...
