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 PATONOne thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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And whether they do not see him there in the grass, or whether they fear to halt even a moment, but they do not wake him, they let him be.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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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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I have never thought that a Christian would be free of suffering, umfundisi.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
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It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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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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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Sorrow is better than fear.
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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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