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"When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property."
"I find that the harder I work , the more luck I seem to have."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
"Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival."
"I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met."