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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.

Alan Paton

In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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Against Deserted Forest Harbour Lap Quay Silent Tap
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law.
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Judge Law Make People
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
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Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
Happy the eyes that can close
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Close Eye Happy One Liner
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply… For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn

Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.

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