"Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."

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The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling. But now go hence quickly with thy friends. Go and sleep, for the moon sets and what follows it is not well that thou shouldst see.

— Rudyard Kipling