Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
ALAN PATONThe ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Cry for the broken tribe, for the law and the custom that is gone. Aye, and cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
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The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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Let me not be afraid to defend the weak because of the anger of the strong, nor afraid to defend the poor because of the anger of the rich.
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There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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