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Frederick Law Olmsted Quotes
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The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Power
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Truth
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Destroy
This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Work
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Strength
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Night
With regard to the moral and religious condition of the slaves, I cannot, either from what I observe, or from what is told me, consider it in any way gratifying.
Frederick Law Olmsted
Cannot
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Moral
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Religious
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Biography
Nationality:
American
Type:
Architect
Born:
April 27
, 1822
Died:
August 28
, 1903
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