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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.

Alan Paton

I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution.
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Country Envision Great Peaceful Pride Someday Soulful Tak World
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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Anything Destroy House Rebuild Something Strom
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love.
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Belief Fear Love Only Power Resist
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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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
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Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
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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Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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Children Clothes Food Happy Love Money Picture
But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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Kindness Learn Love Pain Pay Suffer
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
What broke when he could bring himself to thrust down the knife into the warm flesh, to bring down the axe on the living head, to cleave down between the seeing eyes, to shoot the gun that would drive death into the beating heart?
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Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
Sorrow is better than fear.
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Better Fear Sorrow
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something

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