at the foot of
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I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime-for a second crime is every day committed at the foot of the scaffold.
People who suffer beyond the formulas of expression,- who are crushed into silence, and beyond pain,- want no display of emotion,- no bleeding heart,- no weeping at the foot of the Cross,- no hysterics,- no phrases! They want to see God, and to know that he is watching over his own.
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height.
Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
When a camel is at the foot of a mountain then judge of his height.