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I was four years old then, and I think it must have been the next summer that I first heard the voices.

Black Elk

It is hard to follow one great vision in this world of darkness and of many changing shadows. Among those men get lost.
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Darkness Lost Men Vision
Know the Power that is Peace.
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Inspirational Life Peace Power
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish.
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Close Doing Everything Foolish
Now suddenly there was nothing but a world of cloud, and we three were there alone in the middle of a great white plain with snowy hills and mountains staring at us; and it was very still; but there were whispers.
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Clouds Mountain Whisper White
When I got back to my father and mother and was sitting up there in our tepee, my face was still all puffed and my legs and arms were badly swollen; but I felt good all over and wanted to get right up and run around.
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Arm Father Mother Repee Running Sitting Stallone
You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer.
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Anything Country Horse Native Summer Years
I had a vision with which I might have saved my people, but I had not the strength to do it.
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might People Vision
I cured with the power that came through me. Of course, it was not I who cured,it was the power from the Outer World.
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Cured Outer Power Two Vision World
I cured with the power that came through me.
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Advertising Agencies Country Dream Native Power
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred.
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Country Native Sacred World
And as he spoke of understanding, I looked up and saw the rainbow leap with flames of many colors over me.
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Color Flames Rainbow
A good nation I will make live.This the nation above has said.They have given me the power to make over.
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Given Make Nations Over Said
There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men.
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Inspirational Life Peace
It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
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Darkness Eye Men
Once we were happy in our own country and we were seldom hungry, for then the two-leggeds and the four-leggeds lived together like relatives, and there was plenty for them and for us.
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Country Dirty Legend Lying Seldom
So I took the bright red stick and at the center of the nation’s hoop I thrust it in the earth.
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Earth Red Sticks

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