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stone-faced men Way up north, deep in the Canadian bush, stand Inuksuit— ancient stone men built hundreds of years ago by the Inuit Indians; road markers to the villages, or the rivers, or the clearings; reassuring comfort to all the weary souls who traveled so long in the harsh wilderness. You are not lost, they seem to say, this is the way to go… And in these modern times, it is these Inuksuit who still mark the pathways the best— when there's no electricity for lights; when road signs would simply rust in the elements. Indeed, despite all the great scientific advances in this world, it seems in our most elemental of needs, when we’re lost and bewildered, we still look to the power of man— the wisdom of the old ways in his head and his heart; the steady strength of stone in his arms. -10- ...

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