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“No white American ever thinks that any other race is wholly civilized until he wears the white man’s clothes, eats the white man’s food, speaks the white man’s language, and professes the white man’s religion.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
“It is important and right that all privileges of the law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.”
― Up from Slavery: an autobiography
― Up from Slavery: an autobiography
“It means a great deal, I think, to start off on a foundation which one has made for oneself.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
“I early learned that it is a hard matter to convert an individual by abusing him, and that this is more often accomplished by giving credit for all the praiseworthy actions performed than by calling attention alone to all the evil done.”
― Up from Slavery: an autobiography
― Up from Slavery: an autobiography
“In order to be successful in any undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause. In proportion as one loses himself in this way, in the same degree does he get the highest happiness out of his work.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
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