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There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.

Alan Paton

It is not “forgive and forget” as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but “forgive and go forward,
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Ever Forget Forgive Forward Happen Nothing Wrong
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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Air Hat Mad Men Mine Money Something Throw
Sorrow is better than fear.
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Better Fear Sorrow
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that’s the inheritor of our fear.
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Beloved Child Country Cry Fear Inheritor Unborn
These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it.
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Beyond Covered Grass Love Roll Sing
For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.
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Fear Give Much Rob Too
If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn’t concern the central issues, it wouldn’t be worth publishing.
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Central Concern Country Novel Publish Ussie Worth Wrote
Let him not be too moved when the birds of his land are singing.
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Bird Land Move Sing
Therefore if a law is unjust, and if the Judge judges according to the law, that is justice, even if it is not just.
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According Judge Justice Law Unjust
We do not work for men. We work for the land and the people. We do not even work for money.
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Men Work
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.
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Ehetehr Grass Halt Moment Movement See Wake
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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Fear Give Heart Mountain Much Nor Rob Valley
It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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Been Could Dwell Habit never
Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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Children Dream Happy Hope Live Make Money Security
And money is not something to go mad about …
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Mad Money Something
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.
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Dep Done Forgive Injury Recover Until

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