 what I thought my duty. I can ask pardon of my God, and my king ; but it would be hypocrisy to ask forgiveness of these men for an action which I should repeat, were I placed again in similar circumstances. " ' No ! ask me not to sign that petition....  Sketches from a Student's Window - Page 159by Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1841 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
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