- What it about, that book?
- It's a collection of essays, actually. Fourier, Emerson, all the transcendentalists.

8 seconds sound clip from the Glory (1989) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:17:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Form companies?

- We will commence with forming companies.

- Company officers, take charge.

- You recruits will report to your respective officers by the letter of your company in alphabetical order which is in the top left-hand corner of your muster sheet.

- Good book, brother?

- Yes, it is, actually.

- Name's Searles. Thomas Searles.

- Jupiter Sharts, sir.

- What it about, that book?

- It's a collection of essays, actually. Fourier, Emerson, all the transcendentalists.

- It got pictures?

- No.

- Teach me?

- Yes, I'd be happy to.

- Will you look at what's walking in here! Look at them.

- I'd rather have a hog than a nigger. At least you could eat the hog!

- Getting dark mighty early around here.

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