But what we must never forget , is that this change of country and landscape sharpened , kneaded and knitted this newly-becoming language ... And so Afrikaans became able to speak out from this new land ... Our task lies in the use that we make and will make of this gleaming vehicle ... '' `` If we plant a row of poles down this hall now , ten poles , to represent the last ten years , and on each pole we make a mark at a height from the floor corresponding to the relative written use of Afrikaans in the respective year , and we draw a line , from the first here near the floor to the last over there against the loft , then the line would describe a rapidly rising arc , not only quickly rising , but rising in a quickly increasing manner .
`` If we plant a row of poles down this hall now , ten poles , to represent the last ten years , and on each pole we make a mark at a height from the floor corresponding to the relative written use of Afrikaans in the respective year , and we draw a line , from the first here near the floor to the last over there against the loft , then the line would describe a rapidly rising arc , not only quickly rising , but rising in a quickly increasing manner .