What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?
ALAN PATONWhen men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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Money is for food and clothes and comfort, and a visit to the pictures. Money is to make happy the lives of children.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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All roads lead to Johannesburg.
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When the storm threatens, a man is afraid for his house.
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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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There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills.
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Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.
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Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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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.
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Nor give too much of his heart to a mountain or a valley. For fear will rob him if he gives too much.
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