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ignorance they betray of the community , of the cause , and of the whole course of its friends . The article in the Leader to which I refer is signed " Ion , " and may be found in the Liberator of December 17 , 1852.
ignorance they betray of the community , of the cause , and of the whole course of its friends . The article in the Leader to which I refer is signed " Ion , " and may be found in the Liberator of December 17 , 1852.
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To the cause which had changed 1835 to 1852 is due somewhat of the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin . The abolitionists have never overlooked the wonderful power which the wand of the novelist was yet to wield in their behalf over the ...
To the cause which had changed 1835 to 1852 is due somewhat of the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin . The abolitionists have never overlooked the wonderful power which the wand of the novelist was yet to wield in their behalf over the ...
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I admire the motive which prompts these ; but let us remember no cause , however infamous , was ever crushed by punishing ... In bad causes , as well as good , it is still true that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church .
I admire the motive which prompts these ; but let us remember no cause , however infamous , was ever crushed by punishing ... In bad causes , as well as good , it is still true that " the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Wendell Phillips on Civil Rights and Freedom |
| Author | Wendell Phillips |
| Editor | Louis Filler |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | University Press of America, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Sep 2006 |
| ISBN | 0819127930, 9780819127938 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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