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Quote by William Cowper
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

Other quotes by William Cowper

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. – William Cowper

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Learning
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William Cowper
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War is a game which were their subjects wise, kings would not play at. – William Cowper

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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility. – Georges Bataille

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Slavery

Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat a better meal than a neighbor, or otherwise to enjoy ease and plenty, while our fellow creatures are suffering and in want. – James Fenimore Cooper

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Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds. – Pearl Buck

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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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Step by step one goes very far. – Proverb

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The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives. – Albert Einstein

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If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share. – W. Clement Stone

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The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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