The peculiar thing that he said was, all of our chiefs die on the road. And what he was talking about was, we must all bear up and know that we will all pass away, but it's important to keep these things alive and to give your life to the protection of these ideals.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The peculiar thing that he said was, all of our chiefs die on the road. And what he was talking about was, we must all bear up and know that we will all pass away, but it's important to keep these things alive and to give your life to the protection of these ideals." in the context of "On the advice given to him by a Onondaga elder in “Writer Barry Lopez Reflects On A Life Traveling Beyond The 'Horizon'” in NPR (2019 Mar 27)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.