Harriet TubmanI freed a thousand slaves. I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
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People often ask me to do what I did for my community because of the effect it had on them. They see me freeing others from slavery and they see me leaving my community better off than it was when I arrived. I wish they knew that the greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. That’s how you create something called happiness.
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