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[[/Timelines#Opposition 1983-97|opposition spokesman]], to gain a position on the party's shadow cabinet. | |||
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OUT of the night that covers me,<br> Black as the Pit from pole to pole, <br> I thank whatever gods may be<br> For my unconquerable soul.<br> | |||
In the fell clutch of circumstance<br> I have not winced nor cried aloud.<br> Under the bludgeonings of chance<br> My head is bloody, but unbowed.<br> | |||
Beyond this place of wrath and tears<br> Looms but the Horror of the shade,<br> And yet the menace of the years <br> Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.<br> | |||
It matters not how strait the gate,<br> How charged with punishments the scroll,<br> I am the master of my fate:<br> I am the captain of my soul | |||
: ''Invictus'' by W E Henley (Nelson Mandela's favourite poem) | |||
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Revision as of 04:38, 5 September 2011
opposition spokesman, to gain a position on the party's shadow cabinet.
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OUT of the night that covers me, In the fell clutch of circumstance Beyond this place of wrath and tears It matters not how strait the gate,
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