Frederick Douglass: “Covey, he was a professor of religion—a pious soul—a member and a class-leader in the Methodist church.”

I wished it was possible I could remain small all my life, knowing that the sooner I grew large the shorter would be my time to remain with them.

If I have had kicks, I have also had kindness.

True it is that this faith was many times shaken by passing events, but never destroyed.

The friendless and hungry boy, in his extremest need, found himself in the strong protecting arms of his mother.