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“But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not…” quote by Alan Paton — Download Open image

“But perhaps when you were too obedient, and did not do openly what others did, and were quiet in church and hard-working at school, then some unknown rebellion brewed in you, doing harm to you, though how I do not understand.”

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