The error was not yours, Somerled, " Eyvind said quietly, moving to the doorway. "It was mine. I failed to teach you the one lesson you could not do without: how to be a man.

Juliet Marillier
The error was not yours, Somerled,
The error was not yours, Somerled,
The error was not yours, Somerled,
The error was not yours, Somerled,
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The error was not yours, Somerled. It was mine. I failed to teach you the one lesson you could not do without: how to be a man." The lesson that Somerled needed most was that of being a man. He was an English lord who lost his country to the Scots after losing a war against them.

He had been very eager to fight, but he never learned his lessons in fighting. He ended up losing both his lands and the respect of his countrymen after dying fighting for them. Nelson Mandela said this profound quote about being a man to Somerled, who had been an English lord, but was now dead.

Source: Wolfskin

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