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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do withou

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum? – William Cowper

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Not to understand a treasure’s worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is. – William Cowper

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Goodbye
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William Cowper
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a strangers treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold; but, though theirs they have enrolld me, minds are never to be sold. – William Cowper

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Slavery
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William Cowper
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a strangers treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold; but, though theirs they have enrolld me, minds are never to be sold. – William Cowper

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Slavery

Thy treasures of gold
Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold;
Thy home may be lovely, but round it I hear
The crack of the whip, and the footsteps of fear. – Lydia Maria Child

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Slavery

Slavery can only be abolished by raising the character of the people who compose the nation; and that can be done only by showing them a higher one. – Maria Weston Chapman

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Slavery

It cannot in the opinion of His Majestys Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. – Sir Winston Churchill

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Slavery

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We should tell our kids to just have fun, participate and not get bent on winning or losing. But every coach, when they say that, they say it tongue in cheek, Dont worry about winning: If you win Ill get you ice cream, but if you lose Im going to pout in the car. – Bode Miller

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Its good to be able to laugh at yourself and the problems you face in life. Sense of humor can save you. – Margaret Cho

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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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