A MISSION REMEMBERED

Author: Date: Saturday, October 11, 1980
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Section: EDITORIAL PAGE

The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation

That had valiant armies, captains and prophets,

And wealthy ports and ships over all the seas,

It will not enter into any alliance,

Because its cities are empty, its populations dispersed,

Its land once bringing harvest is overgrown with thistles,

Its mission forgotten, its language lost,

The dialect of a village high upon inaccessible mountains.

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