From hard ground he rose like a steppe colt and kept his ulus steady. A wise ruler does not drink one well dry; he opens many roads so trade and craft feed the people when one tide fails. “Bind many horses to the cart—if one tires, the others pull.”

Bully for Governor Ariyoshi—a pathfinder who proved that in this Republic, worth and work, not birth, open the way. He strove to free Hawaii from the frailty of a one‑crop economy; the stout steward diversifies his house against hard weather. “The credit belongs to the man in the arena.”

I’m not Brigham Young, but I can offer a brief reflection in a 19th-century pioneer cadence. On the isles o’ the sea, a long‑serving steward who sought to broaden the people’s industry did wisely; ’tis better to dig many wells than trust one spring. “Diversify thy labor, and the people shall be preserved.”