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Benjamin Banneker [1731-1806] American
Rank: 102
Scientist, Author


Benjamin Banneker was a free African American almanac author, surveyor, naturalist and farmer. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, to a free African American woman and a former slave, Banneker had little formal education and was largely self-taught.

Communication, Courage, Hope, Strength



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Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties. Courage
101
The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. Strength
102
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot came rattling about me, one or two of which struck the house; which plainly demonstrates that the velocity of sound is greater than that of a cannon bullet.
103
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. Communication, Hope
104
I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.
105
Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.
106
I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.
107

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