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... present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy , but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather ...
... present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy , but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather ...
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... present bulk in less than thirty - five or forty years ; and , in short , I was not at all pleased with her . But what could I do ? I had told her sister that I would take her for better or for worse , and I made a point of honor and ...
... present bulk in less than thirty - five or forty years ; and , in short , I was not at all pleased with her . But what could I do ? I had told her sister that I would take her for better or for worse , and I made a point of honor and ...
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... present " feelings on the subject . " I entertain no unkind feelings to you , and none of any sort upon the subject , ex- cept a sincere regret that I permitted myself to get into such an altercation . [ From a letter to John T. Stuart ...
... present " feelings on the subject . " I entertain no unkind feelings to you , and none of any sort upon the subject , ex- cept a sincere regret that I permitted myself to get into such an altercation . [ From a letter to John T. Stuart ...
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... present anxiety and distress about her health and her life must and will forever banish those horrid doubts which I know you sometimes felt as to the truth of your affection for her . If they can once and forever be removed ( and I ...
... present anxiety and distress about her health and her life must and will forever banish those horrid doubts which I know you sometimes felt as to the truth of your affection for her . If they can once and forever be removed ( and I ...
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... present , you are safe beyond question , and in two or three months , to say the most , will be the happiest of men . [ From an address before the Springfield Washingtonian temperance society , 22 February 1842. ] Although the ...
... present , you are safe beyond question , and in two or three months , to say the most , will be the happiest of men . [ From an address before the Springfield Washingtonian temperance society , 22 February 1842. ] Although the ...
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