So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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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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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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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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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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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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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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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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