But who will be as tender to thee as…
But who will be as tender to thee as I have been, who will take my place, to teach the out of love and Goodwill?
— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)
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My days have taught me their hard lessons, and time itself has been my reproof; take, then, a father's admonition, offered from a heart that loves you — for who will ever be as tender to you, or teach you out of as much goodwill, as the one who raised you? So, my children: fear the God of your fathers and serve Him. Never dress for the day without a blessing on your lips, and enter the presence of your Creator with the deepest reverence, knowing before Whom you stand. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)
It is something older and stranger — as one writer beautifully put it, an audacious attempt at continuing speech from fathers in the grave to children in a reckless world. Behind it sits a question no hired hand can answer for you: who will ever be as tender to you as I have been, who will take my place to teach you out of love and goodwill? And the point of all the teaching is never the knowledge itself. — Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)