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What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?

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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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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