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... ment is the natural consequence ; and to that , sooner or later , it must come . Here then is one point at which danger may be expected . The question recurs , " How shall we fortify against it ? " The answer is simple . Let every ...
... ment is the natural consequence ; and to that , sooner or later , it must come . Here then is one point at which danger may be expected . The question recurs , " How shall we fortify against it ? " The answer is simple . Let every ...
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... ment , or to command his action , or to mark him as one to be shunned and despised , and he will retreat within himself , close all the avenues to his head and his heart ; and though your cause be naked truth itself , transformed to the ...
... ment , or to command his action , or to mark him as one to be shunned and despised , and he will retreat within himself , close all the avenues to his head and his heart ; and though your cause be naked truth itself , transformed to the ...
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... ment . " " Be the powers , if ye ' ll credit me so long I'll take another jist . " Ought any , then , to refuse their aid in doing what good the good of the whole demands ? Shall he who cannot do much be for that reason excused if he do ...
... ment . " " Be the powers , if ye ' ll credit me so long I'll take another jist . " Ought any , then , to refuse their aid in doing what good the good of the whole demands ? Shall he who cannot do much be for that reason excused if he do ...
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... ment cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other ...
... ment cannot endure permanently half slave and half free . I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided . It will become all one thing , or all the other ...
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... ment . The other policy is one that squares with the idea that slavery is wrong , and it consists in doing everything that we ought to do if it is wrong . Now I don't wish to be mis- understood , nor to leave a gap down to be ...
... ment . The other policy is one that squares with the idea that slavery is wrong , and it consists in doing everything that we ought to do if it is wrong . Now I don't wish to be mis- understood , nor to leave a gap down to be ...
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