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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.

Alan Paton

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
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
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
ALAN PATON

Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
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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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
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Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
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.
ALAN PATON

Afraid Anger Defend Let Poor Strong Weak
And money is not something to go mad about …
ALAN PATON

Mad Money Something
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
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.
ALAN PATON

Away Compass False Journey Lie Life Ned Play Rest Slip
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
ALAN PATON

Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security

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