"We should let our godliness exhale like th odor of flowers. We should live for the good of our kind, and strive for the salvation of the world."

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Source : Alexander Crummell (1861). “The relations and duties of free colored men in America to Africa: A letter to Charles B. Dunbar ...”, p.49

Alexander Crummell

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“The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world”

Source : William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Robert Cushman, John Robinson (1848). “The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth: In New England in 1620: Reprint from the Original Volume”, p.150, New York : J. Wiley
“I've never done nudity in my whole career. I certainly don't think now is the time to start. I don't think it's necessary for anything I've done, although I have absolutely no opinions against anyone who feels comfortable doing it.”
“We don't need to reinvent manliness. We only need to will ourselves to wake up from the bad dream of the last few generations and reclaim it, in order to extend and enrich that tradition under the formidable demands of the present.”
“I feel like I'll always be a brunette, that's just who I am, but I love that I can switch it up and be whatever I want to be.”
“I tend to think of the act of photographing, generally speaking, as an adventure. My favorite thing is to go where Iâ€™ve never been.”

Source : "Arbus Speaks" by Hilton Als, www.newyorker.com. September 26, 2011.
“There are such a lot of things that have no place in summer and autumn and spring. Everything thatâ€™s a little shy and a little rum. Some kinds of night animals and people that donâ€™t fit in with others and that nobody really believes in. They keep out of the way all the year. And then when everythingâ€™s quiet and white and the nights are long and most people are asleepâ€”then they appear.”
“There is so much more content in English that a lot of people have a hard time filtering through the noise.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“My new dress. Do you like it? It's from my favorite designer, On Sale.”

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