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... humanity . In the Mississippi case they first commenced by hanging the regular gamblers — a set of men certainly not following for a livelihood a very useful or very honest occupation , but one which , so far from being forbidden by the ...
... humanity . In the Mississippi case they first commenced by hanging the regular gamblers — a set of men certainly not following for a livelihood a very useful or very honest occupation , but one which , so far from being forbidden by the ...
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... human family , there would not be one cheerful face on the earth . Whether I shall ever be better , I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not . To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better , it appears to me . The ...
... human family , there would not be one cheerful face on the earth . Whether I shall ever be better , I cannot tell ; I awfully forebode I shall not . To remain as I am is impossible ; I must die or be better , it appears to me . The ...
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... human happiness . A gentleman had purchased twelve negroes in different parts of Kentucky , and was taking them to a farm in the South . They were chained six and six together . A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each ...
... human happiness . A gentleman had purchased twelve negroes in different parts of Kentucky , and was taking them to a farm in the South . They were chained six and six together . A small iron clevis was around the left wrist of each ...
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... humanity , and stands up , with tears of joy trembling in his eyes , to tell of the miseries once endured , now to be ... human feelings can resist . In my judgment , it is to the battles of this new class of champions that our late ...
... humanity , and stands up , with tears of joy trembling in his eyes , to tell of the miseries once endured , now to be ... human feelings can resist . In my judgment , it is to the battles of this new class of champions that our late ...
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... human nature , which is God's decree and can never be reversed . When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced , persuasion , kind , unassuming persuasion , should ever be adopted . It is an old and a true maxim " that a drop of ...
... human nature , which is God's decree and can never be reversed . When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced , persuasion , kind , unassuming persuasion , should ever be adopted . It is an old and a true maxim " that a drop of ...
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