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Fellow citizens , I cannot take back my words . Surely the Attorney General , so long and well known here , needs not the aid of your hisses against one so young as I am - my voice never before heard within these walls !
Fellow citizens , I cannot take back my words . Surely the Attorney General , so long and well known here , needs not the aid of your hisses against one so young as I am - my voice never before heard within these walls !
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This concerns us not only as citizens , but as immortal beings . Wrapped up in its fate , saved or lost with it , are not only the voice of the statesman , but the instructions of the pulpit , and the progress of our faith .
This concerns us not only as citizens , but as immortal beings . Wrapped up in its fate , saved or lost with it , are not only the voice of the statesman , but the instructions of the pulpit , and the progress of our faith .
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ing on Bunker Hill , insulted the Commonwealth , and then dragged her citizens to Washington to tell what they knew about John Brown ; but she has no reason to blush today , when she holds that same impudent Senator an acknowledged ...
ing on Bunker Hill , insulted the Commonwealth , and then dragged her citizens to Washington to tell what they knew about John Brown ; but she has no reason to blush today , when she holds that same impudent Senator an acknowledged ...
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