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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

Alan Paton

When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Already Although Come Nothing Something
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
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle
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
The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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Christian Civilization Compound Fearful Grant Ideal Love Possession Practice Tragic Truth
When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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Afraid House Man Storm Threaten
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
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 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
Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Men Work
Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Church Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet Understand Work
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy

Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.

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