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Kosciuszko's Legacy
Theodolite* for measuring Right Conduct in honor of the 600th Anniversary of the Battle of Zalgiris** Kosciuszko Memorial Observance West Point 2010 His back is turned to us like his garden nearby, he faces the river and Saule*** still leading, surveying, What is required remains the same but is not. Once eel, shad and the river flowed both ways. Look clearly measure more than your wants. Measure what will be needed. Triangulate your position from the past, this moment into the future that carries life both ways From this sacred sight, where what is required has been kept by those who pledge their honor with their lives. *theodolite- an instrument with a spirit level that, when mounted on a tripod is used to obtain precise measurements for triangulation in civil engineering work. Ety. unknown; Gr. theasthai, to see + hodos, way + litos, smooth; theasthai + dolichos, long, &c. Chambers 20th Century Dictionary http://www.finedictionary.com/theodolite.html ** Lithuanian Ruthenian Polish defeat of the Teutonic Knights ***Lithuanian goddess of the sun |