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- It's true that a child belongs to its father. But when a father beats his child, it seeks sympathy in its mother's hut. A man belongs to his fatherland when thingsare good and life is sweet. But when there is sorrow and bitternesshe finds refuge in his motherland. Your mother is there to protectyou. She is buried there. And that is why, we say that mother issupreme. Is it right that you, Okonkwo, should bring to your mothera heavy face and refuse to be comforted? Be careful or you may displease the dead. Your duty is to comfort your wives and children and take them back to your fatherland after seven years. But if you allow sorrow to weigh you down and kill you, they will all die in exile. He paused for a long while. 'These are now your kinsmen.He waved at his sons and daughters.You think you are the greatest sufferer in the world? Do you know that men are sometimes banished for life? Do you know that men sometimes lose all their yams and even their children? 1, had six wives once. I have none now except that young girl who knows not her right from her left. Do you know how many children I have buried--children I begot in my youth' and strength? Twenty-two. I did not hang myself, and I am still alive. If you think you are the greatest sufferer in the world ask my daughter, Akueni, how many twins she has borne and thrown away. Have you not. heard the song they sing when a woman dies?'For whom is it well, for whom is it well?There is no one for whom it is well.'I have no more to say to you.
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