Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.

Katharine Lee Bates
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  2. Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.

  3. Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.

  4. It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

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