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Such a life is the first step , and half a dozen are the Niagara carrying us over . We shall have enough to do if we do our duty . The world is awake — some wholly , and some only half . Men who gather their garments scornfully and ...
Such a life is the first step , and half a dozen are the Niagara carrying us over . We shall have enough to do if we do our duty . The world is awake — some wholly , and some only half . Men who gather their garments scornfully and ...
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Wounded , fevered , lying half unconscious on his pallet , unable to stand on his feet , the trial half finished before his first request for aid had reached his friends ; no list of witnesses or knowledge of them till the crier ...
Wounded , fevered , lying half unconscious on his pallet , unable to stand on his feet , the trial half finished before his first request for aid had reached his friends ; no list of witnesses or knowledge of them till the crier ...
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And South Carolina , with one half idlers , and the other half slaves — a slave doing only half the work of a freeman , only one quarter of the population actually at work - how much do you suppose she lays up ? Lays up a loss !
And South Carolina , with one half idlers , and the other half slaves — a slave doing only half the work of a freeman , only one quarter of the population actually at work - how much do you suppose she lays up ? Lays up a loss !
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