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The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off . . . you will see the scar there still.

Source: Lyndall, in The Story of an African Farm, pt. 2, ch. 4, 1883.
-- Olive Schreiner, (Mar 24 1855-1920), South African novelist, feminist; She produced the first great South African novel, The Story of an African Farm, 1883; noted for her powerful intellect, and liberal feminist views.

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