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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

Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
ALAN PATON

Care Destroy Guard Jeep Men
It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
ALAN PATON

Destroy Family Know Life Permissible Us
I couldn’t face that question. (Ah, But Your Land Is Beautiful)
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Beautiful Face Land Question
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Deep Good Here Something Touch
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
ALAN PATON

Break Heart Stop
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
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.
ALAN PATON

Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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Broken Thing Tragedy
Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
ALAN PATON

Kindness Love Pain Secret Suffer
And were your back as broad as heaven, and your purse full of gold, and did your compassion reach from here to hell itself, there is nothing you can do.
ALAN PATON

Back Broad Compassion Full Gold Heaven Nothing Purse Reach
Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
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
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one’s responsibility as a free man.
ALAN PATON

Free Give Man Reform Responsibility Society Task
Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures.
ALAN PATON

Clothes Comfort Food Money Picture Visit
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
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

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