Writings and Speeches, Volume 2Little Brown and Company, 1901 - Great Britain |
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... that , by an eternal law , Providence had decreed vexation to violence , and poverty to rapine . Your ancestors did , however , at length open their eyes to the ill hus- Dandry of injustice . They found that the tyranny of a free people ...
... that , by an eternal law , Providence had decreed vexation to violence , and poverty to rapine . Your ancestors did , however , at length open their eyes to the ill hus- Dandry of injustice . They found that the tyranny of a free people ...
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