During a lifetime spanning 86 years, Morihei Ueshiba personally fashioned the lofty edifice of aikido laying the foundation stone by stone only to have it collapse, whereupon he began his work anew. Again, it collapsed. Again he resumed his labors. Truly this structure is emblematic of the personal experiences of a lifetime of austerities.
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