“I have been asked what i mean by ‘WORD of HONOR.’ i will tell you : Place me behind prison walls-walls of stone ever so high,ever so thick,reaching ever so far into the ground -there is a possibility that in some way or another i might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give MY WORD OF HONOR never to cross it.CAN I GET OUT OF THAT CIRCLE? NO/ NEVER! I’D DIE FIRST.”

-Karl G.Maeser