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… they were willing to their ability, I testify, yes, beyond their ability.

— Paul Kruger

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Source: His appraisal of the Boer military leaders at the end of the Second Boer War, May/June 1902, as quoted in Bredell, H.C. & Grobler, P., 1947, Gedenkskrifte van Paul Kruger, p. 184. Van Schaik, Pretoria. See
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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We have arrived here to celebrate as you are well aware. Our aim, as your aim, is no less than to acquire a deeper understanding of the will of the Lord, and to apprise ourselves of his guidance, in order that the parents may convey to their children and grandchildren, and thence to our most distant descendants, what God has bestowed on us.

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Seek in the past all that is good and beautiful that can be discovered there. Form your ideal accordingly and try to realize that ideal for the future.

Zoekt in het verledene al het goede en schoone, dat daarin te ontdekken valt. Vormt daarnaar uw ideaal en beproeft voor de toekomst dat ideaal te verwezenlijken.

Or: Search in your past for what is good and beautiful. Build your future from there.

If the Dear Lord would decide to help and bless us, and we would succeed in recovering our country, that the citizens would annually come to celebrate at this exact cairn, honouring our vow to the Lord. And this cairn serves as the eternal witness to it.

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