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... the treachery of Daniel Webster to the cause of liberty , and the evil they thought he was able and seeking to do — after that , could feel it in their hearts to parade themselves in the funeral procession got up to do him honor !
... the treachery of Daniel Webster to the cause of liberty , and the evil they thought he was able and seeking to do — after that , could feel it in their hearts to parade themselves in the funeral procession got up to do him honor !
Page 67
It is not his honor nor mine that is at issue ; not his feeling nor mine that is to be consulted . The only question for either of us is , What in these golden moments can be done ? where can the hardest blow be struck ?
It is not his honor nor mine that is at issue ; not his feeling nor mine that is to be consulted . The only question for either of us is , What in these golden moments can be done ? where can the hardest blow be struck ?
Page 88
No tongue stirred the air of the courts to do him honor . " When vice is useful , it is a crime to be virtuous , " says the Roman proverb . Of that crime , Beacon Street , State Street , and Andover had judged Rantoul guilty .
No tongue stirred the air of the courts to do him honor . " When vice is useful , it is a crime to be virtuous , " says the Roman proverb . Of that crime , Beacon Street , State Street , and Andover had judged Rantoul guilty .
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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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