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“These rocks are full of wealth; they only need splitting. The Black Mountain, the Great Mountain and Betws Mountain are full of treasures; they only need striking.”

Original: Mae'r creigiau yma yn llawn cyfoeth, dim ond eu hollti. Mae'r mynydd du a'r mynydd mawr, a mynydd y Betws yn llawn trysorau, dim ond eu taro! — Finding hidden possibility and abundance within the surrounding landscape · Sermon, Cyfamod Duw a Dyn (Welsh)

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Watcyn Wyn

7 March 1844–19 November 1905

In the rolling hills of Carmarthenshire, where the coal dust mingles with morning mist and the Welsh language flows like the streams that carve the valleys, a remarkable story unfolded in the latter half of the nineteenth century. It is the story of Watkin Hezekiah Williams, better known by his bardic name Watcyn Wyn…

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“There is reason to fear that far too much preaching concerns distant things: old history, people long buried, the Jews, while our own congregations go unnoticed.”

Original: Y mae lle i ofni fod llawer iawn gormod o bregethu pell, pregethu hen hanes, pregethu am hen bobl wedi eu claddu, pregethu am yr Iddewon,—a gadael ein cynulleidfaoedd ein hunain yn ddisylw. — Warning against discussing distant faults while ignoring immediate human needs · Sermon, Ceisio Teyrnas Dduw, July 1886 (Welsh)

“The country has awakened, and the nation is beginning to rub its eyes. Our literature is growing and our poets multiplying; perhaps our music lags furthest behind.”

Original: Y mae'r wlad wedi deffro, a'r genedl yn dechreu rhwbio ei llygaid. Y mae ein llenyddiaeth ar gynnydd, a'n beirdd o hyd yn amlhau; dichon mai ein cerddoriaeth sydd fwyaf ar ol. — Expressing optimism about a Welsh cultural awakening while calling for musical renewal · Address, National Eisteddfod Merthyr proclamation, 1900 (Welsh)

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