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I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
Long Walk to Freedom, 1994
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What this means, and why it matters to a father

Nelson Mandela wrote these words in his autobiography, published the year he became South Africa's first democratically elected president — after 27 years in prison. A father of six who missed his children's childhoods entirely, he understood the long, imperfect road of fatherhood and leadership with rare depth.

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