"The lesson of history is that the human race is renewed in tears and blood. In every big storm, there is a lot of breakage, deterioration, and destruction. Crops are beaten in mud, flocks are scattered, trees are uprooted, rocks fall and crush the living. What a pity, how much mourning for the ruins! But when the storm has died down, the air is filled with life-giving force. The root of a fallen tree grows threefold, and the human soul, driven to work, continues its life.
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Gárdonyi GézaAll Translations
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The lesson of history is that the human race is renewed in tears and blood. In every big storm, there is a lot of breakage, deterioration, and destruction. Crops are beaten in mud, flocks are scattered, trees are uprooted, rocks fall and crush the living. What a pity, how much mourning for the ruins! But when the storm has died down, the air is filled with life-giving force. The root of a fallen tree grows threefold, and the human soul, driven to work, continues its life.
""A történelem tanulsága, hogy az emberi faj könnyben és vérben újhodik meg. Minden nagy viharban sok a törés, romlás, pusztulás. Termések sárban verődnek, nyájak szerteszóródnak, fák kiszakadnak tövestül, sziklák leomlanak, és zúznak élőket. Mennyi kár, mennyi siralom az omladékokon! De ha a vihar elzúgott, éltető erővel teljesedik meg a levegő. A ledőlt fa gyökere háromszorosan hajt, s az emberi lélek munkára buzdulva folytatja életét."