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In his poem, “The Hollow Men ... Both Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela are soulful leaders -- giants worthy of our admiration and praise. But wouldn’t it benefit our wellbeing and prosperity ...
If the release of Nelson Mandela in February 1990 signaled the imminent collapse ... the opening lines of a poem which could also not be placed in the present selection, (a nine-part praise poem by ...
Just about everyone loved Nelson Mandela in death. But that was not always true in life. The outpouring of well-deserved media tributes, which will continue through the funeral, have highlighted ...
The famous poem, “Invictus,” written by English poet William Ernest Henley in 1875, includes lines such as, “My head is bloody, but unbowed,” and, “I am the master of my fate, I am the ...
In June 1990, Nelson Mandela, an anti-apartheid activist who ... "I love doing it. I don't need praise for it. We all like a certain level of praise, but I just like helping people," Trump said.