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“Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning.”

Knows May Young Duty Slavery Obligation Brands

Book:Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: Middlemarch: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery.”

Life Success Life Is Joy Work Pleasure Duty Labor Slavery Work Effort Joy In Work

Author:Maxim Gorky

“When the hour comes for dealing with slavery, I trust I will be willing to do my duty though it cost my life.”

Hours Willing Duty Cost Slavery

Book:Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States

Source: Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States

“...I believe it is now the duty of the slaves of the South to rebuke their masters for their robbery, oppression and crime.... Nostation or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.”

Believe Matter Character Individual I Believe Sin Responsibility Crime Masters Duty Slavery Slave South Oppression Robbery Rebuke Individual Responsibility

Author:Angelina Grimke

“One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.”

Ifs Use Hands Religious Interesting Duty Advantage Crisis Slavery Privilege Usefulness

Book:Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker

Source: Letters on the equality of the sexes, and the condition of woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker