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Let us open , for a moment , the doors of the hall which stood here , and listen to the Mayor receiving his lesson in civil duty from the noble women of this society . MR . LYMAN : Go home , ladies , go home .
Let us open , for a moment , the doors of the hall which stood here , and listen to the Mayor receiving his lesson in civil duty from the noble women of this society . MR . LYMAN : Go home , ladies , go home .
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For decent justice has not been done to woman , in regard to her influence , either upon literature or society ; and I welcome with inexpressible delight the inaugura- tion of a course of lectures national and American in the proper ...
For decent justice has not been done to woman , in regard to her influence , either upon literature or society ; and I welcome with inexpressible delight the inaugura- tion of a course of lectures national and American in the proper ...
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Mr. Seward says , " The first object of every human society is safety " ; I think the first duty of society is JUSTICE . Alexander Hamilton said , " Justice is the end of gov ernment . It is the end of civil society .
Mr. Seward says , " The first object of every human society is safety " ; I think the first duty of society is JUSTICE . Alexander Hamilton said , " Justice is the end of gov ernment . It is the end of civil society .
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| 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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