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I thank you, my Father, for your words, which sweeten my heart and put a stone into my stomach.
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The speaker thanks their father because his words bring both comfort and heaviness. They “sweeten” the heart, suggesting emotional warmth or pleasure, while the “stone” in the stomach suggests a difficult weight that remains. The quote holds gratitude and discomfort together rather than presenting the words as simply good or bad.
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- E. A. Ritter, Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire (University of Cape Town archive)
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