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Melvin B. Tolson Quotes

The question is -- Who will get to heaven first; the man who talks or the man who acts?

The question is -- Who will get to heaven first; the man who talks or the man who acts?

Melvin B. Tolson
Men, Heaven, Firsts
Melvin B. Tolson (1982). “Caviar and Cabbage”

Out of abysses of Illiteracy, Through labyrinths of Lies, Across wastelands of Disease . . . We advance Out of dead-ends of Poverty, Through wilderness of Superstition, Across barricades of Jim Crowism . . . We advance.

Melvin B. Tolson
Lying, Labyrinth, Deceit

A civilization is always judged in its decline.

Melvin B. Tolson
Civilization, Decline, Judged

Old men dream dreams; young men see visions.

Melvin B. Tolson
Dream, Men, Vision
Melvin B. Tolson (1982). “Caviar and Cabbage”

When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet.

Melvin B. Tolson
Poet, Exceptional, Historian
Melvin B. Tolson (1982). “Caviar and Cabbage”

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