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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

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As far as I remember, even younger than eight, I have always been guided by reason. Not cold reason, but that which leads to the truth, to the real, and to sane Justice. ↗

— Albert Claude

#as far as #been #cold #eight #even

You are doing better than you think you are. ↗

— Alan Cohen

#doing #than #think #you

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory. ↗

— W. Edwards Deming

#mandatory #necessary #survival

I gladly accepted the commission but was uncertain about what the end result would be. On the one hand, Cuban music was conquering the world; being heard everywhere, and our small island was already producing one of the popular musical genres of the 20th century. ↗

— Alejo Carpentier

#about #accepted #already #being #century

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before. ↗

— Phoebe Cary

#been #before #comes #ever #home

I know I can serve Hawaii and our country well in the U.S. Senate, know we can mount a solid statewide campaign, know we have a good chance of prevailing. ↗

— Ed Case

#chance #country #good #good chance #hawaii

'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#house #ill #man #talking #tis

They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers. ↗

— Samuel de Champlain

#before #engage #ever #future #hunting

God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

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