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> [If you see most people neglect the Bible, and many that can read never look into it, let it not harden you and make you think lightly of it, and that it is a book of no worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-you-see-most-people-neglect-the-bible-and-many-that-can-read-never/)

[Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/)

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## More by Jupiter Hammon

> [As we depend upon our masters, for what we eat and drink and wear, and for all our comfortable things in this world, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/as-we-depend-upon-our-masters-for-what-we-eat-and-drink-and-wear-and/)

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> [We cannot certainly, have any excuse either for taking any thing that belongs to our masters without their leave, or for being unfaithful in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/we-cannot-certainly-have-any-excuse-either-for-taking-any-thing-that/)

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> [Those of you who can read I must beg you to read the Bible, and whenever you can get time, study the Bible, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/those-of-you-who-can-read-i-must-beg-you-to-read-the-bible-and/)

[Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/)

> [All the time spent idly, is spent wickedly, and is unfaithfulness to our masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/all-the-time-spent-idly-is-spent-wickedly-and-is-unfaithfulness-to/)

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> [Now the Bible tells us that we are all by nature, sinners, that we are slaves to sin and Satan, and that unless we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/now-the-bible-tells-us-that-we-are-all-by-nature-sinners-that-we-are/)

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> [Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/besides-all-this-if-you-are-idle-and-take-to-bad-courses-you-will/)

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> [When I was at Hartford in Connecticut, where I lived during the war, I published several pieces which were well received, not only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/when-i-was-at-hartford-in-connecticut-where-i-lived-during-the-war-i/)

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> [You have discovered so much kindness and good will to those you thought were oppressed, and had no helper, that I am sure you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/you-have-discovered-so-much-kindness-and-good-will-to-those-you/)

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> [But this will not do, God will certainly punish you for stealing and for being unfaithful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/but-this-will-not-do-god-will-certainly-punish-you-for-stealing-and/)

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> [Good servants frequently make good masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/good-servants-frequently-make-good-masters/)

[Jupiter Hammon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jupiter-hammon/)

> [Let all the time you can get be spent in trying to learn to read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/let-all-the-time-you-can-get-be-spent-in-trying-to-learn-to-read/)

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> [If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-a-servant-strives-to-please-his-master-and-studies-and-takes-pains/)

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> [If we should ever get to Heaven, we shall find nobody to reproach us for being black, or for being slaves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/if-we-should-ever-get-to-heaven-we-shall-find-nobody-to-reproach-us/)

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> [I suppose I have had more advantages and privileges than most of you, who are slaves have ever known, and I believe more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/i-suppose-i-have-had-more-advantages-and-privileges-than-most-of-you/)

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> [It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jupiter-hammon/it-is-very-wicked-for-you-not-to-take-care-of-your-masters-goods-but/)

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