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"This is just what I have thought when I have seen slaves at work - they seem to go through the motions of labor without putting strength into them. They keep their powers in reserve for their own use at night, perhaps"
- Frederick Law Olmsted
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Frederick Law Olmsted
between April 27, 1822 and August 28, 1903. He/she was a famous
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