Quote by Black Elk
And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me. – Black Elk

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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see. – Black Elk

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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me. – Black Elk

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There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. – Black Elk

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