General Bethune

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    Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
    Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811–1896)

    The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
    —Mary Mcleod Bethune (1875–1955)