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In strange and distant lands he found the human heart with its friendships, heroisms, beatitudes, the human intellect with its never ending movement and progress.
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Archibald Henry Grimké
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gutenberg.orgArchibald Henry Grimké: “In strange and distant lands he found the human heart with its friendships, heroisms, beatitudes, the human intellect…”
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Grimké reflects on the universal nature of human emotions and intellect found across different cultures.
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