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If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.

Alan Paton

There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
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
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
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
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
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
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
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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According Judge Justice Law Unjust
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
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
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Been Before Bring Come Death Destructive Lighten never Such Thunder
But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Always Better Enrich Fear Impoversih Sorrow
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

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