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.
ALAN PATONThe Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire.
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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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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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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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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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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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The Afrikaner has nowhere to go, and thats why he would rather destroy himself than capitulate.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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And money is not something to go mad about …
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It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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