You will also find that the person who is in the habit of caring for his body is in a better condition for study; he is in a condition to bear prolonged and severe exertion, while the person whose body is unclean is in a weak condition.
He points out that physical well-being enhances one's ability to study and endure challenges.
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In order to defend and protect the women and children who were left on the plantations when the white males went to war, the slaves would have laid down their lives.
Ever since I have been old enough to think for myself, I have entertained the idea that, notwithstanding the cruel wrongs inflicted upon us, the black man got nearly as much out of slavery as the white man did.
I pity from the bottom of my heart any nation or body of people that is so unfortunate as to get entangled in the net of slavery.
This tenderness and sympathy on the part of those held in bondage was a result of their kindly and generous nature.