Spirit of The Prairie Awards
The Spirit of the Prairie Awards began in 1998. The event honors individuals who demonstrate "excellence in achievement, courage, innovation and vision," all of which are characteristics shown by those establishing the United States. The awards are Conner Prairie Museum's highest honors.
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“The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The spirit of the marriage left the bedroom and took to living in the parlor.”
—Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
—Bible: Hebrew Proverbs, 16:18.
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—J. William Fulbright (b. 1905)