an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed i
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture
One can ride, as I rode when I was a boy, over
green hills and into great valleys, One can see, as I saw when I
was a boy, the reserves of the Bantu people and see nothing of
what was happening there at all.
One can read, as I read when I was a boy, the brochures about lovely South Africa, that land of sun and beauty
sheltered from the storms of the world, and feel pride in it and
love for it, and yet know nothing about it at all.
But it is not permissible to watch
its destruction, and to replace it by nothing, or by so little,
that a whole people deteriorates, physically and morally.
And others say
that this is a danger, for better-paid labour will not only buy
more but will also read more, think more,ask more, and will not
be content to be forever voiceless and inferior.
We say we withhold
education because the black child has not the intelligence to
profit by it; we withhold opportunity to develope gifts because
black people have no gifts; we justify our action by saying that
it took us thousands of years to achie
It might have been permissible in the early days of
our country, before we became aware of its cost, in the disintegration of native community life, in the deterioration of
native family life, in poverty, slums and crime.
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
And others cry away with the compound system, that
brings men to the towns without their wives and children, and
breaks up the tribe and the house and the man, and they ask for
the establishment of villages for the labourers in mines and
industry.
grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed i
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed i
a member of the tall Negroid people of eastern South Africa; some live in KwaZulu-Natal under the traditional clan system but many now work in the cities
One can be born an
Afrikaner, or an English-speaking South African, or a colored
man, or a Zulu.
We believe that God endows men with diverse
gifts, and that human life depends for its fullness on their employment and enjoyment, but we are afraid to explore this
belief too deeply.
keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
And
the conscience shall be thrust down; the light of life shall not
be extinguished, but be put under a bushel, to be preserved for a
generation that will live by it again, in some day not yet come;
and how it will come, and when it will come, we
We say we withhold
education because the black child has not the intelligence to
profit by it; we withhold opportunity to develope gifts because
black people have no gifts; we justify our action by saying that
it took us thousands of years to achieve
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approva
Because the land is a land of fear, a Judge must be without fear,
so that justice may be done according to the Law; therefore a
Judge must be incorruptible.The
work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
Some cry for the cutting up of
South Africa without delay into separate areas, where white can
live without black, and black without white, where black can farm
their own land and mine their own minerals and administer their
own laws.
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approva
Yet
we continue to leave the education of our native urban society to
those few Europeans who feel strongly about it, and to deny
opportunities and money for its expansion.
We believe that God endows men with diverse
gifts, and that human life depends for its fullness on their
employment and enjoyment, but we are afraid to explore this
belief too deeply.
adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment
It is not permissible to mine any gold, or manufacture
any product, or cultivate any land, if such mining and
manufacture and cultivation depend for their success on a policy
of keeping labour poor.
But it is not permissible to watch
its destruction, and to replace it by nothing, or by so little,
that a whole people deteriorates, physically and morally.
a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
We
shall live from day to day, and put more locks on the doors, and
get a fine fierce dog when the fine fierce bitch next door has
pups, and hold on to our handbags more tenaciously; and the
beauty of the trees by night, and the raptures of lovers
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approva
Some say
that the earth has bounty enough for all, and that more for one
does not mean less for another, that the advance of one does not
mean the decline of another.
We
shall live from day to day, and put more locks on the doors, and
get a fine fierce dog when the fine fierce bitch next door has
pups, and hold on to our handbags more tenaciously; and the
beauty of the trees by night, and the raptures of lovers
concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed in part
relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area
Yet
we continue to leave the education of our native urban society to
those few Europeans who feel strongly about it, and to deny
opportunities and money for its expansion.
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
Some cry for the cutting up of
South Africa without delay into separate areas, where white can
live without black, and black without white, where black can farm
their own land and mine their own minerals and administer their
own laws.
Our natives today produce criminals
and prostitutes and drunkards, not because it is their nature to
do so, but because their simple system of order and tradition and
convention has been destroyed.
And
the conscience shall be thrust down; the light of life shall not
be extinguished, but be put under a bushel, to be preserved for a
generation that will live by it again, in some day not yet come;
and how it will come, and when it will come, we
Our natives today produce criminals
and prostitutes and drunkards, not because it is their nature to
do so, but because their simple system of order and tradition and convention has been destroyed.
But it is not permissible to watch
its destruction, and to replace it by nothing, or by so little,
that a whole people deteriorates, physically and morally.
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
Yet
we continue to leave the education of our native urban society to
those few Europeans who feel strongly about it, and to deny
opportunities and money for its expansion.
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has contributed i
We believe that God endows men with diverse
gifts, and that human life depends for its fullness on their
employment and enjoyment, but we are afraid to explore this
belief too deeply.
I am lost when I balance this
against that, I am lost when I ask if this is safe, I am lost
when I ask if men, white men or black men, Englishmen or
Afrikaners, Gentiles or Jews, will approve.
I shall do this, not because
I am noble or unselfish, but because life slips away, and because
I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false
to me, a compass that will not lie.
very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction
The
truth is that our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic
compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance
and desperate anxiety, of loving charity and fearful clutching of
possessions.
It is not permissible to mine any gold, or manufacture
any product, or cultivate any land, if such mining and
manufacture and cultivation depend for their success on a policy
of keeping labour poor.
The
truth is that our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic
compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance
and desperate anxiety, of loving charity and fearful clutching of
possessions.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approval to an
Some say
that the earth has bounty enough for all, and that more for one
does not mean less for another, that the advance of one does not
mean the decline of another.
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
And others cry away with the compound system, that
brings men to the towns without their wives and children, and
breaks up the tribe and the house and the man, and they ask for
the establishment of villages for the labourers in mines and industry.
any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
We believe that God endows men with diverse
gifts, and that human life depends for its fullness on their
employment and enjoyment, but we are afraid to explore this
belief too deeply.
a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
The
truth is that our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic
compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance
and desperate anxiety, of loving charity and fearful clutching of
possessions.
a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
It is not permissible to mine any gold, or manufacture
any product, or cultivate any land, if such mining and
manufacture and cultivation depend for their success on a policy
of keeping labour poor.
the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approval to an
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed i
Partly because it made possible industrial
development, and partly because it happened in spite of us, there
is now a large urbanized native population.
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
It might have been permissible in the early days of
our country, before we became aware of its cost, in the
disintegration of native community life, in the deterioration of
native family life, in poverty, slums and crime.
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
I am lost when I balance this
against that, I am lost when I ask if this is safe, I am lost
when I ask if men, white men or black men, Englishmen or
Afrikaners, Gentiles or Jews, will approve.
The
truth is that our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic
compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of high assurance
and desperate anxiety, of loving charity and fearful clutching of
possessions.
show to be right by providing justification or proof
We say we withhold
education because the black child has not the intelligence to
profit by it; we withhold opportunity to develope gifts because
black people have no gifts; we justify our action by saying that
it took us thousands of years to achie
We shift our ground again when a black man does achieve something
remarkable, and feel deep pity for a man who is condemned to the
loneliness of being remarkable, and decide that it is a Christian
kindness not to let black men become remarkable.
And others cry away with the compound system, that
brings men to the towns without their wives and children, and
breaks up the tribe and the house and the man, and they ask for
the establishment of villages for the labourers in mines and
industry.
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Our natives today produce criminals
and prostitutes and drunkards, not because it is their nature to
do so, but because their simple system of order and tradition and
convention has been destroyed.
hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
One can ride, as I rode when I was a boy, over
green hills and into great valleys, One can see, as I saw when I
was a boy, the reserves of the Bantu people and see nothing of
what was happening there at all.
Because the land is a land of fear, a Judge must be without fear,
so that justice may be done according to the Law; therefore a
Judge must be incorruptible.The
protective covering that provides protection from the weather
One can read, as I read when I was a boy, the
brochures about lovely South Africa, that land of sun and beauty sheltered from the storms of the world, and feel pride in it and
love for it, and yet know nothing about it at all.
And the Afrikaans-speaking churches want
to see the native people given opportunity to develop along their
own lines, and remind their own people that the decay of family
religion, where the servants took part in family devotions, has
contributed i
standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Some cry for the cutting up of
South Africa without delay into separate areas, where white can
live without black, and black without white, where black can farm
their own land and mine their own minerals and administer their
own laws.
And our lives will shrink, but
they shall be the lives of superior beings; and we shall live
with fear, but at least it will not be a fear of the unknown.
(sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception
It might have been permissible in the early days of
our country, before we became aware of its cost, in the
disintegration of native community life, in the deterioration of
native family life, in poverty, slums and crime.
And we are therefore compelled, in order
to preserve our belief that we are Christian, to ascribe to
Almighty God, creator of Heaven and Earth, our own human
intentions, and to say that becauseHe created white and black, He
gives the Divine Approva
the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
We say we withhold
education because the black child has not the intelligence to
profit by it; we withhold opportunity to develope gifts because
black people have no gifts; we justify our action by saying that
it took us thousands of years to achie
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
And
the conscience shall be thrust down; the light of life shall not
be extinguished, but be put under a bushel, to be preserved for a generation that will live by it again, in some day not yet come;
and how it will come, and when it will come, we
feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
Therefore if justice
be not just, that is not to be laid at the door of the Judge, but
at the door of the People, which means at the door of the White
People, for it is the White People that make the Law.
Partly because it made possible industrial
development, and partly because it happened in spite of us, there
is now a large urbanized native population.
a group of people living in a particular local area
It might have been permissible in the early days of
our country, before we became aware of its cost, in the
disintegration of native community life, in the deterioration of
native family life, in poverty, slums and crime.
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