Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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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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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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The 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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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
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Treat ’em like dogs, and you’ll have dogs’ works and dogs’ actions. Treat ’em like men, and you’ll have men’s works.
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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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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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It’s a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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