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Martyrs bear witness in the world. Their zeal gives light.
But what of him that strives in secret and prevails not? And of him whose heart is broken within him, and yet he must make merry?
And what of the trees overthrown by the tempest, and the seed that is strewn upon the water?
What of the mariners whose lives are cut short; and the soldiers whose homes are desolate?
What of the peoples that have destroyed one another; and the peoples whose spirit has not lived?
And what of the sacrifice that is rejected, and the love that is driven away?
Believe that these are of great worth! Doubt not that their worth is everlasting!
For spirit lives by energy and love. Out of suffering also blossoms the flower, spirit.
Though we utterly die and cease, spirit dies not. Wherefore do we live and die but that spirit may be?
Believe that spirit is eternal! Yea, though the world a thousand times prove thee that it dies, believe, for it is cowardly to doubt.
But what of him that strives in secret and prevails not? And of him whose heart is broken within him, and yet he must make merry?
And what of the trees overthrown by the tempest, and the seed that is strewn upon the water?
What of the mariners whose lives are cut short; and the soldiers whose homes are desolate?
What of the peoples that have destroyed one another; and the peoples whose spirit has not lived?
And what of the sacrifice that is rejected, and the love that is driven away?
Believe that these are of great worth! Doubt not that their worth is everlasting!
For spirit lives by energy and love. Out of suffering also blossoms the flower, spirit.
Though we utterly die and cease, spirit dies not. Wherefore do we live and die but that spirit may be?
Believe that spirit is eternal! Yea, though the world a thousand times prove thee that it dies, believe, for it is cowardly to doubt.
