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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.

Alan Paton

The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
ALAN PATON

Capitulate Country Destroy Go Himself Nowhere Rather
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
ALAN PATON

Broken Thing Tragedy
Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
ALAN PATON

Church Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet Understand Work
But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
ALAN PATON

Bondage Come Drawn Emancipation Fear Love
It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
ALAN PATON

Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
There is only one way in which one can endure man’s inhumanity to man and that is to try, in one’s own life, to exemplify man’s humanity to man.
ALAN PATON

Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATON

Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
ALAN PATON

Ask Expedient Right Yourself
Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.
ALAN PATON

Book Hard Human Many Struggle Understand Wisdom Write
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 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.
ALAN PATON

Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATON

Another Bring Broke Himself Kill Men
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
ALAN PATON

Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
ALAN PATON

Been Before Bring Come Death Destructive Lighten never Such Thunder
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
ALAN PATON

Die Know Live Struggle
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.
ALAN PATON

Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught

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