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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.

Alan Paton

It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
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.
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Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
ALAN PATON

Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
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Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work
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
There is a man sleeping in the grass. And over him is gathering the greatest storm of all his days.
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All Day Gather Grass Great Man Over Sleep Storm
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Lovely Raed Run
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
Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
ALAN PATON

Better Fear Sorrow
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
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
ALAN PATON

Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
ALAN PATON

Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
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 PATON

Aloud Aye Bereaved Children Custom Dead Law Tribe Woman

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