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A German adage runs:

"In America, an hour is 40 minutes."

A Russian adage runs:

"The slower you go,

The farther you will be...."

When I identify President Gorbachev

With the German proverb,

I clearly see that his hour is 33 minutes.

The inimitable way he gave freedom

To Poland, Hungary, East Germany,

Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania,

He himself is the perfect synthesis

Of his saying and doing:

"History cannot wait; people cannot afford to waste time.

It may also be too late tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow may never come."

When I identify him

With the Russian proverb,

Slowness is founded upon patience —

Patience, patience, patience.

He has not given up.

He continues with his life-pilgrimage

Slowly, steadily and unerringly

To the farthest destination —

Mankind's nature-transformation. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,President Gorbachev: the home of Oneness-Peace-Dream-World, Agni Press, 2001
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