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... opinion . Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much . Public opinion , on any subject , always has a " central idea , " from which all its minor thoughts radiate . That " central idea " in our ...
... opinion . Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much . Public opinion , on any subject , always has a " central idea , " from which all its minor thoughts radiate . That " central idea " in our ...
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... opinion of the majority of the court , insists at great length that negroes were no part of the people who made , or for whom was made , the Declara- tion of Independence , or the Constitution of the United States . On the contrary ...
... opinion of the majority of the court , insists at great length that negroes were no part of the people who made , or for whom was made , the Declara- tion of Independence , or the Constitution of the United States . On the contrary ...
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... opinion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declaration is broad enough to include the whole human family , but he and Judge Douglas argue that the authors of that instrument did not intend to include negroes , by ...
... opinion in the Dred Scott case , admits that the language of the Declaration is broad enough to include the whole human family , but he and Judge Douglas argue that the authors of that instrument did not intend to include negroes , by ...
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... confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has con- stantly augmented . In my opinion , it will not 104 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
... confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation . Under the operation of that policy , that agitation has not only not ceased , but has con- stantly augmented . In my opinion , it will not 104 LETTERS AND ADDRESSES.
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Abraham Lincoln. stantly augmented . In my opinion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house di- vided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this govern- ment cannot ... opinion, it will not ...
Abraham Lincoln. stantly augmented . In my opinion , it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed . " A house di- vided against itself cannot stand . " I believe this govern- ment cannot ... opinion, it will not ...
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