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You Look At The Pyramids. They're Not One Fraction Of An Inch Off In Terms Of Their Alignment. They Were Built Without A Bonding Agent.

My Daddy Wanted Me To Be A Farmer; Feel The Smoothness Of Alabama Clay And Become One Of The First Blacks In My Town To Own Land. But, I Was Worried About My History Being Caked With That Southern Clay, And I Subscribed To A Different Kind Of Teaching And Learning In My Bones And In My Spirit.

History Is Not Everything, But It Is A Starting Point. History Is A Clock That People Use To Tell Their Political And Cultural Time Of Day. It Is A Compass They Use To Find Themselves On The Map Of Human Geography. It Tells Them Where They Are But, More Importantly, What They Must Be.

Each Generation Must Assume The Responsibility Of Securing Their Manhood, Their Womanhood, The Definition Of Their Being On Earth That In The Final Analysis Is Nationhood.

Service Is The Highest Form Of Prayer As Far As I Am Concerned.