A man builds a fine house;
and now he has a master,
and a task for life: he is to furnish,
watch, show it,
and keep it in repair,
the rest of his days.
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A man builds a fine house;
and now he has a master,
and a task for life: he is to furnish,
watch, show it,
and keep it in repair,
the rest of his days.
I had felt for a long time that,
if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit,
that I would refuse to do so.
Men make history,
and not the other way around.
In periods where there is no leadership,
society stands still.
I can only say that there is not a man
living who wishes more sincerely than I do,
to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it
but there is only one proper and effectual mode by
which it can be accomplished,
and that is by Legislative authority: and this,
as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.