of that rock quarry work that he had to do out there. and of course, his lungs were devastated, too. and hence his lengthy illnesses. what people have said he didn't not have bitterness or hate, he simply decided that he wasn't going to give into it. of course he had bitterness and resentment. he even said it himself for the undignified way with which he was treated. but he did not allow that to shape his future and his promise for the country. and it's incredible to hear people who say that he was the prisoner and yet he stamped his authority on the prison just by his own steely courtesy and his dignity and his refusal to be dismissed by those guards. he kept his dignity and forced respect from his adversaries, from his enemies, from his jailers. and eventually from the white minority. and was able to bring down