Let me not forget again that I came not here for friendly sympathy or for anything else but to work, and to work hard. Let me do that faithfully and well.
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May those whose holy task it is, To guide impulsive youth, Fail not to cherish in their souls; A reverence for truth; For teachings which the lips impart; Must have their source within the heart . . .Charlotte Forten Grimke
Provoking, isn't it that when one is most in need of sensible words, one finds them not.
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I wonder that every colored person is not a misanthrope. Surely we have everything to make us hate mankind.
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Ah, what a grand, glorious day this has been. The dawn of freedom which it heralds may not break upon us at once but it will surely come, and sooner, I believe, than we have ever dared hope before . . .
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