Carolina QuotesFaith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible. Faith in God is the greatest power, but great, too, is faith in oneself.
Mary McLeod Bethune
Carolinian
Source
"My Last Will and Testament," Ebony, August 1955; text via the Florence County Museum, Florence, South Carolina
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- essay
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- My Last Will and Testament
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- 1955
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