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The Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World

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Spellcrafting: Strengthen the Power of Your Craft by Creating and Casting Your Own Unique Spells

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“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

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“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson in His Journals

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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