Ai dùng các hạnh lành, làm xóa mờ nghiệp ác, chói sáng rực đời này, như trăng thoát mây che.Kinh Pháp cú (Kệ số 173)
Những người hay khuyên dạy, ngăn người khác làm ác, được người hiền kính yêu, bị kẻ ác không thích.Kinh Pháp cú (Kệ số 77)
Hãy sống tốt bất cứ khi nào có thể, và điều đó ai cũng làm được cả.Đức Đạt-lai Lạt-ma XIV
Điều bất hạnh nhất đối với một con người không phải là khi không có trong tay tiền bạc, của cải, mà chính là khi cảm thấy mình không có ai để yêu thương.Tủ sách Rộng Mở Tâm Hồn
Lấy sự nghe biết nhiều, luyến mến nơi đạo, ắt khó mà hiểu đạo. Bền chí phụng sự theo đạo thì mới hiểu thấu đạo rất sâu rộng.Kinh Bốn mươi hai chương
Sự giúp đỡ tốt nhất bạn có thể mang đến cho người khác là nâng đỡ tinh thần của họ. (The best kind of help you can give another person is to uplift their spirit.)Rubyanne
Việc đánh giá một con người qua những câu hỏi của người ấy dễ dàng hơn là qua những câu trả lời người ấy đưa ra. (It is easier to judge the mind of a man by his questions rather than his answers.)Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis
Thành công là khi bạn đứng dậy nhiều hơn số lần vấp ngã. (Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.)Jon Bon Jovi
Không có sự việc nào tự thân nó được xem là tốt hay xấu, nhưng chính tâm ý ta quyết định điều đó. (There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.)William Shakespeare
Người trí dù khoảnh khắc kề cận bậc hiền minh, cũng hiểu ngay lý pháp, như lưỡi nếm vị canh.Kinh Pháp Cú - Kệ số 65
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Much of the history of North America is about how Europeans moved westward from the
Atlantic coast towards the Pacific. The first settlements began around 1600, and it was a
long time before the Europeans settled the interior. By the late eighteenth century,
however, good farmland along the east coast was becoming scarce. As the population
increased, people began thinking about all the native Indian lands further inland.
Families were quite large in pioneer days, and the oldest son usually inherited the family
farm. This meant that the other sons and daughters would have to move away when their
parents died. Often the sons would want to begin their own farm, and start their own
family. But, if there was no farmland available, or if it was too expensive to buy, they were
out of luck. One option was to move west where land was free or very cheap.
Sometimes the whole family might move if their old farm was no longer productive.
Sometimes the old farm was on poor soil, or too much farming had exhausted the soil.
Perhaps better land could be had further west.
There were other reasons for moving west. Pioneer settlers depended on wild birds, fish
and wild animals for food, furs and skins for clothing and trading, and trees for building
materials. These things became scarce in old settled areas. Out west there were lots of
animals to hunt for food, and animal skins could be traded for supplies. It seemed that it
was easier to make a living on the frontier.
Of course, there were some problems regarding moving west. Various American Indian
tribes who might fight to defend their land occupied the land. Then the land needed to be
cleared of trees and stumps before it could be planted. A log cabin and other buildings
had to be built. A well had to be dug, or a spring of water found. Settlers might also suffer
because there were no doctors, or teachers, or stores available. These things, though,
often did follow closely behind the first settlers.
A series of Little House books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the story of her
pioneer family. The Ingalls family moved many times while Laura was a little girl. She was
born in Wisconsin in 1867; her family moved next year to Missouri; then they moved to
Kansas in 1869; the Ingalls moved back to Wisconsin in 1871; they moved to Minnesota
in 1874; her family went to Iowa in 1876; then back to Minnesota in 1877. Finally, they
moved to De Smet, South Dakota in 1879, and there the family remained.
All these moves were typical for a pioneer family always on the lookout for better land
and other opportunities. But all these moves involved very hard work, all of which
seemed all lost when the family had to move again.
For example, when Laura's parents moved to the Kansas prairie in 1869, they had many
hardships. The family put all their belongings in a covered wagon, which measured four
feet by ten feet. Two horses pulled it, and the family dog followed along. Laura and her
sister Mary were very little girls.
The family and their wagon were nearly washed away trying to cross a small river. They
travelled through wild tall grass where there were no roads. Laura's father built a house
on the open prairie with logs he hauled from the creek bottoms. One of the nearby
settlers helped him. They also built a log stable for the horses. That was a good thing,
because the next night their little house was surrounded by a pack of fifty large wolves.
They formed a large circle around the house and howled all night.
One day while Laura's father was away, two Indians visited the house. They wanted
Laura's mother to feed them and stood silent while the food was cooking. The Indians
wore only fresh skunk skins as clothing. After the Indians had eaten all the food, they left.
The following spring, there was a large gathering of Indian tribes. Most of them wanted to
fight the settlers. For many nights, the sounds of Indian drums frightened the settlers.
One tribe opposed the plan, and finally the gathering broke up and the Indians went away.
Many other problems faced the Ingalls family. These included bad weather, prairie grass
fires, and malaria. The worst part was having to leave their new homes. The government
decided that Laura's family was living on Indian land and would have to move. So the
covered wagon was packed again, and the family travelled north. Such experiences were
not unusual for pioneers in the nineteenth century.
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