How Green Was My Valley
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:38:01
- I have been too busy.
- What business, may I ask?

:38:05
- Mine.
- Only asking a civil question, I was.

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And having a civil answer.
I have been busy with the union.

:38:14
Unions are the work of the Devil.
You will come to no good end.

:38:18
At least I am not sitting on it,
talking rubbish in chapel.

:38:22
- Look here...
- Leave it, or I'll say something to be sorry.

:38:26
This is a matter that requires airing.
:38:30
Lanto, why do you think
we at the chapel talk rubbish?

:38:34
My remark was not aimed at you..
:38:37
Then aim it.
:38:41
Very well.
:38:44
Because you make yourselves out
to be shepherds of the flock,

:38:49
and yet you allow your sheep
to live in filth and poverty.

:38:53
And if they try and raise
their voices against it,

:38:57
you calm them by telling them
their suffering is the will of God.

:39:03
Sheep, indeed. Are we sheep to be herded
and sheared by a handful of owners?

:39:10
I was taught man was made
in the image of God, not a sheep.

:39:15
- Lanto.
- I haven't expressed my views

:39:18
because I haven't had any wish
to interfere in a family disagreement.

:39:23
You have my permission to speak.
:39:26
Very well, then. Here is what I think.
:39:29
First, have your union.
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You need it. Alone, you are weak.
Together, you are strong.

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But remember that with strength goes
responsibility, to others and yourselves.

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For you cannot conquer injustice
with more injustice,

:39:47
only with justice, and the help of God.
:39:49
Are you coming outside
your position in life, Mr Gruffydd?

:39:53
Your business is spiritual.
:39:55
My business is anything
between man and the spirit of God.

:39:59
The deacons shall hear that
you have been preaching socialism.


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