It is not permissible to add to one’s possesions if these things can only be done at the cost of other men.
ALAN PATONCry 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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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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But I have learned that kindness and love can pay for pain and suffering.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.
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The tragedy is not that things are broken.
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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
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In the deserted harbour there is yet water that laps against the quays. In the dark and silent forest, there is a leaf that falls.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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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.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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