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All roads lead to Johannesburg.

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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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Autobiographer
Politician
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Alan Patton
Alan Stewart Paton
Alen Peṭon
Johannesburg
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Nosecond Johannesburg isneededuponthe earth.One is enough.
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It is not forgive and forget as if nothing wrong had ever happened, but forgive and go forward, building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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