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In spiritual sphere, in possessing or creating
values never have Albanians had any reason to
envy or covet others, much less have they any
for such today.
The Albanians are the creators and bearers of
one of humankind’s fundamental languages,
a language that has its unshakable place among
a dozen or so of the main languages of the world.
One of the first Europe’s Christian countries,
Albania has consequently been the original soil
of the Western European civilization.
From the great hymn of Christianity “Te
Deum” written by an Albanian Archbishop
over fifteen hundreds years ago, to the teacher
of Western civilization George Kastriot, the
most sublime and renowned character in the world
not only of Albanians, but of all Balkan peoples
as well, described as “the Athlete of
Christ”, to the Albanian nun Mother Teresa,
the most famous Albanian women in today’s
world, the proof of civilization passes through
like a brilliant thread, so much and so persistently
denied by the ill-wishers of Albanian nation.
Ismail Kadare
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