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Frances Harper Quotes: I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.
         

I belong to this race, and when it is down I belong to a down race; when it is up I belong to a risen race.


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We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.

We are all bound up together in one great bundle of humanity, and society cannot trample on the weakest and feeblest of its members without receiving the curse in its own soul.



My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.

My hands were weak, but I reached them out To feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life Stole the light of a peace divine.



Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.

Slavery is dead, but the spirit which animated it still lives.



The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.

The respect that is only bought by gold is not worth much.



I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.



If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.

If we have had no past, it is well for us to look hopefully to the future - for the shadows bear the promise of a brighter coming day.



The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul, because no perfect womanhood is developed by imperfect culture.

The true aim of female education should be, not a development of one or two, but all the faculties of the human soul, because no perfect womanhood is developed by imperfect culture.



Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.

Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity.



Oh, could slavery exist long if it did not sit on a commercial throne?

Oh, could slavery exist long if it did not sit on a commercial throne?



I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.

I do not think the mere extension of the ballot a panacea for all the ills of our national life. What we need to-day is not simplymore voters, but better voters.





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