Many Kentuckians grew up believing that the name of their state meant
“Dark bloody Ground.” It was that, of course, for the hunting ground
of native Americans that became the battle ground between them and the white
settlers. But Professor Theda Perdue of the University of Kentucky and
Professor Michael Green of Dartmouth agree that in the Cherokee language
Kentucky means, “Tomorrow, the land where we will live.” In our
concern with living for today, we must recognize that what we do today will
affect our lives tomorrow. We cannot ignore the future and live only in the
present. We should not mortgage tomorrow for the sake of today.
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