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Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal.

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Alan Paton
Age: 85 †
Born: 1903
Born: January 11
Died: 1988
Died: April 12
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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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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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