"It was just one person, hardly a dent in a system that enslaved some four million men and women and children at that time, **but that didn’t change what it would mean to that one person**. It also meant something to [[Ulysses S. Grant|Grant]], though he could hardly afford to linger on it. He needed to get back to work, honorable— if excruciating— labor compared to wringing bread from the sweat of another man’s brow." --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[slavery]], [[character]], [[personal-values]], [[discipline]] **Source** -- [[202409180127 - B - Right Thing, Right Now]]