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    “GREAT QUOTES” – By Des Kelly Through the ages there have been “Characters” who will never ever be forgotten, not just for deeds accomplished, but also for great quotes that have come out of their mouths. Quotes, where every word is worth gold, quotes that many people follow to this day. There are indeed thousands of them that make for very interesting reading, but, for my readers of eLanka in Australia & around the World, I have picked a selection of them, sent in by a lady with the initials C.G.(I would not want to name her without prior permission), but suffice to say that some stories and  information she sends out would be welcome reading by many of our readers. Below are some examples of great quotes from Icons around this Planet of ours. Please read, and enjoy. Desmond Kelly  (Editor-in-Chief)  eLanka. Great Quotes from Great Leaders ...

Oct 6, 2019 Posted by In Articles, DESMOND KELLY Tagged , , , Comments 0
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THE LAND OF MY FOREFATHERS (Part 1) – By Bernard VanCuylenburg                                          The journey I was about to undertake would not only  in geographical terms span vast distances over land and sea……it was an odyssey which would cover a period of over four hundred years and one in which I would try to establish a “connection” with my ancestors. Navigating the paper chase of history and ancestry is never easy, but I was armed with a copy of the family tree which was sent to me by The  Hague in Holland in 1987, packed in my hand luggage, and one which I had perused times without number. The records I had obtained set the dates from 1625, but a cousin of mine who  travelled to Holland a few years ago had ...

Oct 30, 2018 Posted by In Articles, Bernard VanCuylenburg Tagged , Comments 0
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