They who refuse education to a black man would turn the South into a vast poorhouse, and labor into a pendulum, necessity vibrating between poverty and indolence.
Henry Ward BeecherIt is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
Henry Ward BeecherWere one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate.
Henry Ward BeecherIf there be any one whose power is in beauty, in purity, in goodness, it is a woman.
Henry Ward Beecher