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

Alan Paton

When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
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As Development Exploit Name Such True
But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
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Bondage Come Drawn Emancipation Fear Love
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
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Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Build Create Future Generate Mistake Past Reconciliation
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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Day Fera Great Heart Love One Turn
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
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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Completely Love Man One Power Thing Wise
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
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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Aloud Aye Bereaved Children Custom Dead Law Tribe Woman
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
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
And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Destruction Environment Exemplify Humanity Live Man Own Place Reverence
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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Better Fear Sorrow

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

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