Philosophy Blog
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help them to learn. He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace. A single bracelet does not jingle. There are no shortcuts to the...
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Until the lion has its own story teller, the hunter will always have the best part of the story. Minds are like parachutes; they only function when they are open. When the heart overflows, it comes out of the mouth....
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Frederick Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but at the age of 21 he escaped to Massachusetts. Due to the danger of being re-captured he fled to Ireland and Britain where his supporters purchased his freedom allowing him to...
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Edward W Blyden (1832-1912) was a significant figure in the establishment of the African state of Liberia. Born in the West Indies he grew up to be a writer, politician and theologian. After being rejected by three US colleges to...
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‘A Voice from the South’ is a book published in 1892. Its author, Anna Julia Cooper, was born in 1858 the daughter of enslaved people who were declared free by the US Emancipation Act of 1863 when she was five...