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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Marcus Garvey

Born: August 17, 1887
Died: June 10, 1940 (aged 52)
Bio: Marcus Mosiah Garvey Sr. was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator.
Known for:
- The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (1923)
- Message to the people
- The poetical works of Marcus Garvey
- The Wise Mind of Marcus Garvey
- Powerful Conversations
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