Quote:
Originally Posted by popcorninthesofa
Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high: Where knowledge is free:
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depths of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches it's arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost it's way into the dreary desert of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom my Father; let my country awake!- Tagore
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I thought about posting this quote last night: He was passionate about what was happening in his society - incongruencies at a deep socio-cultural level; and I wanted to say a hearty - AMEN - when I read this quote, this morning!
Thanks "Popcorninthesofa" !!!
PS/ wouldn't is be something is a revolution like this took place in the hearts of people here in our American society??? Indeed, "Let my country awake!"