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Olive Schreiner

Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.

Olive Schreiner

Father's Day

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Olive Schreiner is saying that each generation has its own unique hopes and visions that shape their lives. She believes that having these dreams, even if they are not fully real, is essential for human survival and progress.

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