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Slaves, of any color, becoming free in countries where their own race are in bondage, show as much if not more eagerness (when they possess the means) to become masters, than such as are born free. And their treatment of their slaves is generally more cruel.

Theodore S. Wright

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Theodore S. Wright

Theodore S. Wright

Born: 1797
Died: 1847 (aged 50)
Bio: Theodore S. Wright was an African-American abolitionist and minister who was active in New York City, where he led the First Colored Presbyterian Church as its second pastor.

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