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Quote by Frederick Douglass
A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want

A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. – Frederick Douglass

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A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it. – Frederick Douglass

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great
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Frederick Douglass
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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Oppression
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Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. Hes always been there. I cant remember starting school and not learning about him. – Jamie Campbell Bower

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Thats not all our crops can do. We are also learning how to transform plants into factories. We can now raise plants that will create enzymes that would otherwise be created in chemical factories. – Thomas Carper

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I know it may seem surprising to people, but learning dialog that has a conversational flow to it is not that difficult. – Deidre Hall

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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment. – Joseph Addison

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Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership. – Peter Pace

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Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. – Frederick W. Faber

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