Mission San Carlos

Famous quotes containing the words mission, san and/or carlos:

“The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.”
—William McKinley (1843–1901)

“Mining today is an affair of mathematics, of finance, of the latest in engineering skill. Cautious men behind polished desks in San Francisco figure out in advance the amount of metal to a cubic yard, the number of yards washed a day, the cost of each operation. They have no need of grubstakes.”
—Merle Colby, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“Their time past, pulled down
cracked and flung to the fire
Mgo up in a roar

All recognition lost, burnt clean
clean in the flame, the green
dispersed,”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)