"I found patches of scurvy grass, known as useful in preventing scurvy." (from Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour)
Scurvy grass (sometimes called spoonwort) is a genus of herbs that are rich in vitamin C. What limes did for British sailors, scurvy grass evidently did for some landlubbers.
Taking a sight upon a tree, I marked the place for memory, but in the morning, when there was light enough, I carved a name on a slab and placed it there. I knew not the day of his birth, but gave that of his death. His name, too, I placed there, although the place a man leaves is in the hearts of those he leaves behind, and in his work, not upon a slab.
(from Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour)
I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.
(from Sackett's Land, by Louis L'Amour)
