There was no place in the land where the seeker could not find some small budding sign of pity for the slave. No place in all the land but one - the pulpit. It yielded last; it always does. It fought a strong and stubborn fight, and then did what it always does, joined the procession - at the tail end. Slavery fell. The slavery texts in the Bible remained; the practice changed; that was all.

Fleas can be taught nearly anything a congressman can.

A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime.

A powerful agent is the right word: it lights the reader's way and makes it plain.

He was such a good man that people hated to see him coming.

You can't no more teach what you ain't learned than you can come from where you ain't been.

Grown people everywhere are always likely to cling to the religion they were brought up in.