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... fear and slavery in the same proportion . " 66 THOMAS JEFFERSON both wrote and acted with great decision in favor of peace . " I stand in awe , " he says in 1798 , " at the mighty conflict to which two great nations , " ( France and ...
... fear and slavery in the same proportion . " 66 THOMAS JEFFERSON both wrote and acted with great decision in favor of peace . " I stand in awe , " he says in 1798 , " at the mighty conflict to which two great nations , " ( France and ...
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... fear not for themselves , but their infants ; the inhabitants flying with their helpless babes in all directions , miserable fugitives on their native soil ! In another part you witness opulent cities taken by storm ; the streets ...
... fear not for themselves , but their infants ; the inhabitants flying with their helpless babes in all directions , miserable fugitives on their native soil ! In another part you witness opulent cities taken by storm ; the streets ...
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... fear they will , unless we prevent it by injuring them in advance Love your enemies . War requires and almost compels us to hate them . Do good unto all men . War does them evil , only evil . Lay aside all malice . War cherishes malice ...
... fear they will , unless we prevent it by injuring them in advance Love your enemies . War requires and almost compels us to hate them . Do good unto all men . War does them evil , only evil . Lay aside all malice . War cherishes malice ...
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... fear- ful , unyielding purpose , a purpose on which he feeds and nourishes his galled mind , as food affords life and energy to his physical constitution . That purpose is REVENGE . I have heard them swear - and the wild flashing eye ...
... fear- ful , unyielding purpose , a purpose on which he feeds and nourishes his galled mind , as food affords life and energy to his physical constitution . That purpose is REVENGE . I have heard them swear - and the wild flashing eye ...
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... Fear had rendered their grief dumb ; and as they tremblingly quitted their retreats , they carried off their most valuable effects , while those of more sensibility , actuated by natural feelings , sought only to save the lives of their ...
... Fear had rendered their grief dumb ; and as they tremblingly quitted their retreats , they carried off their most valuable effects , while those of more sensibility , actuated by natural feelings , sought only to save the lives of their ...
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