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To make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one
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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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From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom.
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Once awakened by the silver trump of knowledge, my spirit was roused to eternal wakefulness.