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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.

Alan Paton

Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Born Buy Earth Fruit Land Money
Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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Church Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet Understand Work
One day in Johannesburg, and already the tribe was being rebuilt, the house and soul being restored.
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Already Being Day One People Rebuilt Tribe
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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Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
One 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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Begun Continue Finish One Something Thing
When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Abate Change Men Prevent Rule Strive Very
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
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Break Heart Stop
For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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Century Come Dawn Fall never Thousand
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
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
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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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Men Work
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until
The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Being Came Creator Ground Holy
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
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Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
Who knows for what we live, and struggle, and die?…
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Die Know Live Struggle

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