- Strong
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Learn
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I knew everything when I came to Rome, but I soon found I had everything to learn.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing so beautiful as the free forest. To catch a fish when you are hungry, cut the boughs of a tree, make a fire to roast it, and eat it in the open air, is the greatest of all luxuries. I would not stay a week pent up in cities if it were not for my passion for art.
- Colored
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Until I was twelve years old, I led this wandering life, fishing, swimming, and making moccasins.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
- Mother
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- Nov 07, 2020
My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020