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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man
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My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.
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Though conscious of the difficulty of learning without a teacher, I set out with high hope, and a fixed purpose, at whatever cost of trouble, to learn how to read.
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At times we were almost disposed to give up, and try to content ourselves with our wretched lot; at others, we were firm and unbending in our determination to go.
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The responsibility of success or failure lay heavily upon me.
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The strength of our determination was about to be fully tested.
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To balance probabilities, where life and liberty hang on the result, requires steady nerves.