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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.
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Aloud Aye Bereaved Children Custom Dead Law Tribe Woman
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
For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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Believe Come Knew Lord Our Suffer
Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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All Forgive Trespass Us
Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Already Although Come Nothing Something
Cry, the beloved country, these things are not yet at an end.
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Beloved Country Cry End Thing Yet
And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Destruction Environment Exemplify Humanity Live Man Own Place Reverence
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Hill Into Lovely Road Run Xopo
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
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
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
There is only one thing that has power completely, and that is love.
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Completely Love One Only Power Thing
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.
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Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound

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