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It is not permissible for us to go on destroying the family life when we know that we are destroying it.
Alan Paton
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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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Alan Patton
Alan Stewart Paton
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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