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VIII.
THOSE PEOPLE AND ATTRIBUTES
MOST ADMIRED
All the world's
a
stage,
and we're the players,
Shakespeare wrote.
To this I'd like to add
a
mere explanatory note.
Some are the stars,
in leading roles.
With praise and much attention,
But most of us have merely
walk-on parts
And rarely get
a
mention.
--Author Unknown
As published in the
Christian Herald,
this
letter to his unborn child was found on the body
of a soldier. I appreciate so deeply his fond
farewell:
My child, sleeping now in the dark
and gathering strength for the struggle
of birth, I wish you well. At present you
have no proper shape, you do not
breathe, and you are blind. In time and
through the life of your mother, whom I
deeply love, there will be something in
you that will give you power to fight for
air and life. Such is your heritage, such
is your destiny as
a
child born of woman
--
to fight for light and hold on without
knowing why.
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