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Page xx
... of the experience and sagacity of his venerated friend , whose counsels , we need not say , have always been on the side of nobleness and humanity .
... of the experience and sagacity of his venerated friend , whose counsels , we need not say , have always been on the side of nobleness and humanity .
Page xxiv
... leaders of the party were bent on personal interests , irrespective of the rights of humanity and the public good , he left them at once and forever .
... leaders of the party were bent on personal interests , irrespective of the rights of humanity and the public good , he left them at once and forever .
Page xxv
... and will give way , to the salutary instructions of economy , and to the ripening influences of humanity ; that emancipation is inevitable , and is near ...
... and will give way , to the salutary instructions of economy , and to the ripening influences of humanity ; that emancipation is inevitable , and is near ...
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He had always re garded the career of a statesman , as affording scope for the accomplishment of noble deeds in behalf of freedom and humanity .
He had always re garded the career of a statesman , as affording scope for the accomplishment of noble deeds in behalf of freedom and humanity .
Page xl
While he expressed without reserve his devotion to human freedom , he limited his aims by a regard to prevailing opinions , and a sense of what was ...
While he expressed without reserve his devotion to human freedom , he limited his aims by a regard to prevailing opinions , and a sense of what was ...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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