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Quote by Frederick Douglass
It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower

It is not light that we need, but fire it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. – Frederick Douglass

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There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution. – Frederick Douglass

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Frederick Douglass
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America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future. – Frederick Douglass

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Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God. – Maria Mitchell

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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Most of us really arent horribly unique. There are 6 billion of us. Put em all in one room and very few would stand out as individuals. So maybe we ought to think of worth in terms of our ability to get along as a part of nature, rather than being the lords over nature. – Herbert Simon

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If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand. – Buddha

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The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. – Henry David Thoreau

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