One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
ALAN PATONPeople hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
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For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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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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Fear is a journey,a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arrival.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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