The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African - Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano
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that understanding is not confined to feature or colour. If, when they
look round the world, they feel exultation, let it be tempered with benevolence to others, and gratitude to God, "who hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth[K]; and whose wisdom is not our wisdom, neither are our ways his ways." FOOTNOTES: [Footnote A: See Benezet's "Account of Guinea" throughout.] [Footnote B: When I was in Smyrna I have frequently seen the Greeks dance after this manner.] [Footnote C: The bowl is earthen, curiously figured, to which a long reed is fixed as a tube. This tube is sometimes so long as to be born by one, and frequently out of grandeur by two boys.] [Footnote D: When I was in Smyrna I saw the same kind of earth, and brought some of it with me to England; it resembles musk in strength, but is more delicious in scent, and is not unlike the smell of a rose.] [Footnote E: See Benezet's Account of Africa throughout.] [Footnote F: See also Leut. Matthew's Voyage, p. 123.] [Footnote G: An instance of this kind happened at Montserrat in the West Indies in the year 1763. I then belonged to the Charming Sally, Capt. Doran.--The chief mate, Mr. Mansfield, and some of the crew being one day on shore, were present at the burying of a poisoned |
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