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But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.

Alan Paton

This is no time to talk of hedges and fields, or the beauties of any country.
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Beauty Country Field Hedge Talk Time
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
People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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Danger Hime Hurry Past People Place Safe
Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.
ALAN PATON

Can God Heal Hill Music Name Now River Such Thank
But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
ALAN PATON

All Greatest Offence Punish Restore
Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
ALAN PATON

Build Create Future Generate Mistake Past Reconciliation
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?
ALAN PATON

Beat Broke Death Down Flesh Heart Knife Living Thrust
There is not much talking now. A silence falls upon them all.
ALAN PATON

All Fall Much Now Silence Talk
She taught me to seek sustenance from the endeavor itself, but to leave the result to God.
ALAN PATON

Endeavor God Leave Result Seek Sustenance Taught
I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
ALAN PATON

All God Hand His Man Sinful Well
What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATON

Another Broke Could Himself Kill Man
The sun pours down on the earth, on the lovely land that man cannot enjoy. He knows only the fear of his heart.
ALAN PATON

Down Eath Enjoy Fear Heart Land Lovely Man Pour Sun
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
It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
ALAN PATON

Cost Done Men One Other Permissible Possession These Thing
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.
ALAN PATON

Endure Inhumanity Life One Only Own Way

But what do they help if one seeks for counsel, for one cries this, and one cries that, and another cries something that is neither this nor that.

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