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“The old notion that the savage is the freest of mankind is the reverse of the truth. He is a slave, not indeed to a visible master, but to the past, to the spirits of his dead forefathers, who haunt his steps from birth to death, and rule him with a rod of iron.”

Past Spirit Steps Mankind Masters Birth Slave Notion Visible Iron Reverse Savages Forefathers

Author:James G. Frazer

“Greatness, with private men Esteem'd a blessing, is to me a curse; And we, whom, for our high births, they conclude The happy freemen, are the only slaves. Happy the golden mean!”

Men Mean Greatness Birth Blessing Slave Esteem Golden Curse Freeman Golden Mean

Author:Philip Massinger

“Scripture points out this difference between believers and unbelievers; the latter, as old slaves of their incurable perversity, cannot endure the rod; but the former, like children of noble birth, profit by repentance and correction.”

Children Differences Birth Slave Endure Profit Noble Believer Scripture Former Latter Repentance Corrections Unbelievers Perversity

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“Outward, thanks to the knowledge of physical laws, man could subdue (or subjugate...) nature, but inwardly, he remained a slave to it. For, when all is said and done, at what is aiming all this display (or deployment) of activity, if not to realized outward profits, to provide material pleasure (or enjoyment). It is not the first time that men sell their birth right for a dish of lentils, and thus disown (or repudiate or deny) the best of thmeselves.”

Ifs Men Firsts Said Done Law Pleasure Materials Birth Activity First Time Sells Slave Profit Deny Thanks Enjoyment Display Dishes Said And Done Deployment Lentils

Author:African Spir

“It's not the suffering of birth, death, love that the young reject, but the suffering of endless labor without dream, eating the spare bread in bitterness, being a slave without the security of a slave.”

Dream Young Suffering Security Birth Eating Labor Slave Endless Bread Rejects Bitterness Spares Hopelessness

Book:Ripening: Selected Work

Source: Ripening: Selected Work

“From our birth to our death we are all the slaves of suggestion.”

Birth Slave Suggestions

Book:My method, including American impressions

Source: My method, including American impressions

“Cows that are fed organic food are still kept as slaves on farms, regardless of whether it is a large corporate factory farm or a small family farm. Besides, every dairy cow, no matter what she has been fed, has her babies stolen from her shortly after birth and she will inevitably end up in the slaughterhouse.”

Has Beens Stills Ends Matter Baby Birth No Matter What Slave Corporate Feds Farms Factories Cows Stolen Dairy Slaughterhouses Organic Food Family Farms Dairy Cows Small Family

Author:Sharon Gannon

“(Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite, Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea;) And go along with you ere you lose sight Of what you came for and become like me, Slave to a springtime passion for the earth. How love burns through the Putting in the Seed On through the watching for that early birth When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, The sturdy seedling with arched body comes Shouldering its way and shedding the earth crumbs.”

Way Body Earth Passion Loses Birth Spring Sight Slave Seeds Like Me Soil Weed Smooth Beans Springtime Barren Petals Peas Crumbs Sturdy Seedlings

Book:The poetry of Robert Frost

Source: The poetry of Robert Frost