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> [Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/proceed-great-chief-with-virtue-on-thy-sidethy-every-action-let-the/)

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## More by Phillis Wheatley

> [May be refined, and join the angelic train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/may-be-refined-and-join-the-angelic-train/)

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> [Thou didst, in strains of eloquence refin'd, Inflame the soul, and captivate the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/thou-didst-in-strains-of-eloquence-refin-d-inflame-the-soul-and/)

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> [Through thickest gloom look back, immortal shade, On that confusion which thy death has made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/through-thickest-gloom-look-back-immortal-shade-on-that-confusion/)

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> [Since my return to America my Master, has at the desire of my friends in England given me my freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/since-my-return-to-america-my-master-has-at-the-desire-of-my-friends/)

[Phillis Wheatley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillis-wheatley/)

> [Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy sideThy every action let the goddess guide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/proceed-great-chief-with-virtue-on-thy-sidethy-every-action-let-the/)

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> [In every human Beast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/in-every-human-beast-god-has-implanted-a-principle-which-we-call-love/)

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> [The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/the-world-is-a-severe-schoolmaster-for-its-frowns-are-less-dangerous/)

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> [Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain, /May be refin'd and join th' angelic train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/remember-christians-negroes-black-as-cain-may-be-refin-d-and-join-th/)

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> [“Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there's a God, that there's a Savior too: Once…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/twas-mercy-brought-me-from-my-pagan-land-taught-my-benighted-soul-to/)

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> [Aurora hail, and all the thousand dies, Which deck thy progress through the vaulted skies: The morn awakes, and wide extends her rays, On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillis-wheatley/aurora-hail-and-all-the-thousand-dies-which-deck-thy-progress-through/)

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