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No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.


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There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together

There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together



The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.

The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.



There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.



When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.

When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.



Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.

Cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities.



My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

My master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.



The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.

The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe.



Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the other.

Hot weather brings out snakes and slaveholders, and I like one class of the venomous creatures as little as I do the other.



I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.

I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress.



Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.

Lives that flash in sunshine, and lives that are born in tears, receive their hue from circumstances.





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Ironic that those most holy are least likely to see themselves that way.



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You don't want to be too uptight about anything. Especially your job.



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If you entrust your data to others, they can let you down or outright betray you.



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As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.

As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.



I am very gratified to have lived to see a revolution in the field of work/life: Everyone - men and women, employees and employers - now has this issue top of mind.

I am very gratified to have lived to see a revolution in the field of work/life: Everyone - men and women, employees and employers - now has this issue top of mind.




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