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The Master said, "If you can feel at ease, do it. But a superior man, during the whole period of mourning, does not enjoy pleasant food which he may eat, nor derive pleasure from music which he may hear. He also does not feel at ease, if he is comfortably lodged. Therefore he does not do what you propose. But now you feel at ease and may do it." |
The Master said, "If you can feel at ease, do it. But a superior man, during the whole period of mourning, does not enjoy pleasant food which he may eat, nor derive pleasure from music which he may hear. He also does not feel at ease, if he is comfortably lodged. Therefore he does not do what you propose. But now you feel at ease and may do it." |
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Tsai Wo then went out, and the Master said, "This shows Yu's want of virtue. It is not till a child is three years old that it is allowed to leave the arms of its parents. And the three years' mourning is universally observed throughout the empire. Did Yu enjoy the three years' love of his parents?"''|'''[[Confucius]]'''}} |
Tsai Wo then went out, and the Master said, "This shows Yu's want of virtue. It is not till a child is three years old that it is allowed to leave the arms of its parents. And the three years' mourning is universally observed throughout the empire. Did Yu enjoy the three years' love of his parents?"''|'''[[Confucius]]'''}} |
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{{Quote|Beneath this stone rests the body |
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Of a British warrior |
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Unknown by name or rank |
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Brought from France to lie among |
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The most illustrious of the land |
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And buried here on Armistice Day |
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11 Nov: 1920, in the presence of |
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His Majesty King George V |
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His Ministers of State |
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The Chiefs of his forces |
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And a vast concourse of the nation |
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Thus are commemorated the many |
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Multitudes who during the Great |
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War of 1914 – 1918 gave the most that |
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Man can give life itself |
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For God |
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For King and country |
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For loved ones home and empire |
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For the sacred cause of justice and |
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The freedom of the world |
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They buried him among the kings because he |
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Had done good toward God and toward |
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His house|British tomb of The Unknown Warrior, inscription composed by Herbert Edward Ryle, Dean of Westminster}} |
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Requiescat In Pace.
—Ezio Auditore, Assassin's Creed II
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Altair: No man should pass from this world without knowing some kindness. |
Tsai Wo asked about the three years' mourning for parents, saying that one year was long enough. |
Beneath this stone rests the body —British tomb of The Unknown Warrior, inscription composed by Herbert Edward Ryle, Dean of Westminster
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