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Even his less polemical lectures turned light on principles and social circum- stances . And when he turned to national affairs his words were a call to action , directed at the audience and not at some remote occasion .
Even his less polemical lectures turned light on principles and social circum- stances . And when he turned to national affairs his words were a call to action , directed at the audience and not at some remote occasion .
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Cer- tainly , by turning every atom of patronage and pecuniary profit in the keeping of the Federal Government to the support of freedom . You know the contrary policy has been always acted upon ever since Washington , and been openly ...
Cer- tainly , by turning every atom of patronage and pecuniary profit in the keeping of the Federal Government to the support of freedom . You know the contrary policy has been always acted upon ever since Washington , and been openly ...
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Napo- leon turned his Simplon Road aside to save a tree Caesar had once mentioned . Won't you turn a street or spare a quarter of an acre to remind boys what sort of men their fathers were ? Think twice before you touch these walls .
Napo- leon turned his Simplon Road aside to save a tree Caesar had once mentioned . Won't you turn a street or spare a quarter of an acre to remind boys what sort of men their fathers were ? Think twice before you touch these walls .
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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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