quote · Legacy record
And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in man.
And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in man.
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Kahlil Gibran
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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