John Woolman: A Channel of Universal Love
From the Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman (1774)
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KISWAHILI
"Hapa tuna uwezekano wa maslahi ya pamoja ambayo yetu wenyewe hayawezi kutenganishwa—huo ni kugeuza hazina zote tulizonazo kuwa njia ya upendo wa ulimwengu wote kunakuwa biashara ya maisha yetu."
- John Woolman (1720-1772) alikuwa waziri wa Quaker (Jamii ya Marafiki), mleta mabadiliko, na ukomeshaji wa utumwa mwenye ushawishi mkubwa katika makoloni ya Amerika Kaskazini (kabla ya nchi ya Marekani).
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
“Here we have a prospect of one common interest from which our own is inseparable—that to turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.”
- John Woolman (1720-1772) was a Quaker (Society of Friends) minister, reformist, and influential abolitionist in the North American colonies (pre-United States).
Chanzo (source): Woolman, John. “A Plea for the Poor—or A Word of Remembrance and Caution to the Rich” in The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman, edited by Phillips P. Moulton, page 241. Richmond, Indiana: Friends United Press, 1971 (original was published in 1774).