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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.

Alan Paton

Such development has only one true name, and that is exploitation.
ALAN PATON

As Development Exploit Name Such True
But when the dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.
ALAN PATON

Bondage Come Drawn Emancipation Fear Love
Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
ALAN PATON

Deep Good Here Something Touch
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.
ALAN PATON

Country Creation Great Healer Make Taught Use Wound
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
ALAN PATON

Fear Give Much Rob Too
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
When I go up there, which is my intention, the Big Judge will say to me, Where are your wounds? and if I say I haven’t any, he will say, Was there nothing to fight for?
ALAN PATON

Any Big Go Intention Judge Say Will Wound
There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.
ALAN PATON

Cry Done Hundred Must Thousand Voice
Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
ALAN PATON

Endeavor Life Nothing Result She Success Taught
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
ALAN PATON

Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
All roads lead to Johannesburg.
ALAN PATON

All Road Country Lead Pople
For who can stop the heart from breaking?
ALAN PATON

Break Heart Stop
But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.
ALAN PATON

Completely Love Man One Power Thing Wise
Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
ALAN PATON

Doom Fear Hate Hell Messenger Mind Open Sadness
Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
ALAN PATON

Ever Except Foot Nothing Quiet
But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school.
ALAN PATON

Hard Obedient Open Other Perhaps Quiet School Too Wear Work

For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.

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For mines are for men, not for money. And money is not something to go mad about, and throw your hat into the air for.

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