No body wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit, that nature has given to our black brethren, talents equal to those of the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a want of them is owing merely to the degraded condition of their existence, both in Africa & America.
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Zum Autor"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."
"Even in Europe a change has sensibly taken place in the mind of man. Science has liberated the ideas of those who read and reflect, and the American example has kindled feelings of right in the people."
"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government and to protect its free expression should be our first object."
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."