All experiment is made on a basis of tradition; all tradition is the crystallization of experiment.
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I am not yet born; Forgive me For the sins that in me the world shall commit, my words When they speak me, my thoughts when they think me, My treason engendered by traitors beyound me, My life when they murder by means of my hands, my death when they live me.
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I am not yet born; O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.
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