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But Master, Sky-heart, Knight of our fairer dream,
You do still tread this day;
Nor bows nor spears shall stay your steps.
You walk through all our arrows.

— Kahlil Gibran Jesus, The Son of Man (1928)

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The seasons shall tire and the years grow old, ere they exhaust these words: "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do."

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Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.

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