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John Sergeant Wise

"This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better."

Source : John Sergeant Wise, Paul Dennis Sporer (2005). “End of an Era: The Last Days of Traditional Southern Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Young Confederate Soldier”, p.106, Anza Publishing

John Sergeant Wise

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“It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land of the Pashtuns, where desertification proceeds at a steady, implacable crawl even in the consciences and intellects of men.”
“My belief is that sports in school is not an extracurricular activity.”
“There are considerable advantages to using many degrees of freedom to store information, stability and controllability being perhaps the most important.”
“Even in Madison’s day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had tried to gerrymander Madison himself out of the First Congress. The term was coined during Madison’s Presidency, to mock Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts, who in 1811 approved an election district that was said to look like a salamander.”

Source : "Drawing the Line". www.newyorker.com. March 6, 2006.
“In the advance of civilization, it is new knowledge which paves the way, and the pavement is eternal.”
“Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare its tools. For perfection is not to be found in them; it is acquired through them. It is useless, therefore, to boast of our fasting, vigils, poverty, and reading of Scripture when we have not achieved the love of God and our fellow men. Whoever has achieved love has God within himself and his intellect is always with God.”
“Her little fists pummeled at him, and he accepted the abuse. Until he realized sheâ€™d made an improper fist and was actually hurting herself. He wound an arm around her waist, spun her and slammed her into the hard line of his body to still her. â€œLet me go!â€ â€œIn a minute.â€ As she struggled, he pulled her thumb out from beneath her fingers and rearranged her fist. â€œHit like this.â€ Done, he released her.”
“If you put in the time, you’ll see the rewards.”

"This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery was an accursed business, and that the sooner my people were relieved of it, the better."

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