It is only in the mountains ...

It is only in the mountains that I can fully appreciate my existence as a man in America, and my own native land
 Martin Delany

Quotes from the same author

Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may . . .
 Martin Delany
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.
 Martin Delany