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The Vows We Take In The Holy Place Bind Us Till We Are Purged Of Them At Inanda's Kraal. Till Then No Blood Must Be Shed And No Flesh Eaten. It Was The Fashion Of Our Forefathers.

It Would Scarcely Be Destruction," He Replied Gently. "let Us Call It Iconoclasm, The Swallowing Of Formulas, Which Has Always Had Its Full Retinue Of Idealists. And You Do Not Want A Napoleon . All That Is Needed Is Direction, Which Could Be Given By Men Of Far Lower Gifts Than A Bonaparte. In A Word, You Want A Power-house, And Then The Age Of Miracles Will Begin.

Wise Men Never Grow Up; Indeed, They Grow Younger, For They Lose The Appalling Worldly Wisdom Of Youth.

I Believe That All Wisdom Consists In Caring Immensely For A Few Right Things, And Not Caring A Straw About The Rest.

History Gives Us A Kind Of Chart, And We Dare Not Surrender Even A Small Rushlight In The Darkness. The Hasty Reformer Who Does Not Remember The Past Will Find Himself Condemned To Repeat It.