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May those whose holy task it is,/To guide impulsive youth,
Fail not to cherish in their souls
A reverence for truth;
For teachings which the lips impart
Must have their source within the heart . . .

Source: A Parting Hymn, written for her graduating class.
-- Charlotte Forten Grimke, (Aug 17 1837-1914), US educator, diarist; She became the first black teacher to ex-slaves and began her bequest to humanity, a detailed journal of the Civil War era, published in 1953.

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