It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
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I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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