“Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy or beauty without vanity? Here, were grace is laced with muscle, and strength by gentleness confined.
He serves without servility; he has fought without enmity. There is nothing so powerful, nothing less violent, there is nothing so quick, nothing more patient.
Englands past has been borne on his back. All our history in his industry; we are his heirs, he our inheritance.”
– Ronald Duncan
“Hvor i denne vide verden kan man finde ædelhed uden hovmod, venskab uden misundelse eller skønhed uden forfængelighed? Her, hvor ynde er besat med muskel og hvor styrke er begrænset af mildhed.
Han tjener uden underdanighed; han har kæmpet uden fjendskab. Der er intet så stærkt, intet mindre voldsomt, der er intet så hurtigt, intet mere tålmodigt.”
(min forsigtige oversættelse)
