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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEBy what strange law of mind is it that an idea long overlooked, and trodden under foot as a useless stone, suddenly sparkles out in new light, as a discovered diamond?
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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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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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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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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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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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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect is impossible without liberty.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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