Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. That’s what Jessie de la Cruz meant when she said, “I feel there’s gonna be a change, but we’re the ones gonna do it, not the government. With us, there’s a saying, ‘La esperanza muere ultima. Hope dies last.’ You can’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you lose everything.”… return to article
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Reader Comments (6)Page 1 of 1 pagesdamn thats funny, i just tried to plug our organization and i typed in the wrong web address...oh well where there is humor there is hope....thanks for the article man...la esperanza muere ultima...espero que eso es la verdad…
i have been trying to describe hope for a long time...and if i can continue in the face of it all...but i agree with the harvard student...why else be alive? in my work i sometimes question if i am helping at all...or if the world is just this way...but what i have found is that i really dont give a damn...i have an idea of hope...and i believe i can make this world a better place......and it gives me hope that others think the same.
Posted by colbyfm on Jan 2, 2004 at 4:02 PM Studs Terkel always has his finger on the right place at the right time for all the good reasons. He’s a national treasure; a treasure house, an island of treasure, a man who treasures the best of the Amerian spirit.
Posted by Ned Bobkoff on Jan 2, 2004 at 10:00 PM Thank you for this gift today in the New Year. I reflect on hope every day as it is the most difficult to keep alive and the most necessary attribute to live.
Posted by Janet Dales on Jan 3, 2004 at 1:13 PM Dear Studs,
I’m fascinated by your recent article “Hope Dies Last” and especially by your final accords.
For a while I have tried to establish a contact with you.
First I do agree with most of the things you were saying.
Second, since we are family relatives by the way of the larger Terk’l family,
I had wished to talk with you about our common family roots.
I have diged it out back to the beggining of the 19th century.All the best, enjoy the New Year 2004.
Sincerely,
Doron Abraham Tal (Tirkel)
69a Ramim St.
Karmiel 21862
Israeltel: +972 (4) 9980274
webmaster ot the “Turkel Tribe”
http://www.geocities.com/turkel.geo
and Yahoo club for all the Turkel folks of Galicia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Turkel_Tribe/
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