“O mother! hear thy country's plea:
Nurture thy sons with spirits strong
Led by the torch of truth whose flame
Will banish ignorance and wrong.”

— Ilia Chavchavadze

Source: Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948), Lines to a Georgian Mother, p. 59

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Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox … 1837–1907

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