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" I cannot alter the nature of man. The fact is so ; and these people of the southern colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ;... "
The Eloquence of the British Senate: Being a Selection of the Best Speeches ... - Page 299
by William Hazlitt - 1809
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North Carolina Medical Journal, Volumes 25-26

Medicine - 1890 - 790 pages
...the South are much more strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths, such were our Gothic ancestors, and such in our day, the Poles; and such will be all masters who are not slaves themselves. In such...
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Burke, Select Works, Volume 1

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1883 - 396 pages
...Colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty, than those to the North-ward. Such were all the ancient commonwealths ; such were our Gothick ancestors ; such in our days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - American literature - 1880 - 694 pages
...colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not 135 slaves themselves. In such a people, the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of...
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English & American Literature, Studies in Literary Criticism ..., Volume 3

Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1902 - 316 pages
...Colonies are much more strongly, and with an higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...commonwealths; such were our Gothic ancestors; such were the Poles; such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people...
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Orators of Great Britain and Ireland

Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1903 - 448 pages
...colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this intractable spirit —...
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Speech on Conciliation with America

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1904 - 200 pages
...colonies are much more strongly and with a higher 20 and more stubborn spirit attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people 25 the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit of freedom, fortif1es it, and renders it...
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Speech on Conciliation with America

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1904 - 234 pages
...colonies are much more strongly and with a higher and more stubborn spirit 5 attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...days were the Poles ; and such will be all masters oi slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a peopte the haughtiness of domination combines with...
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Speech on Conciliation with America

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1904 - 232 pages
...Poles ; and such will be all masters of slaves, who are not slaves themselves. In such a people 25 the haughtiness of domination combines with the spirit...Permit me, Sir, to add another circumstance in our colonies, which contributes no mean part towards the growth and effect of this untractable spirit :...
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Division and Reunion, 1829-1889

Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1905 - 378 pages
...this sentiment, which has at least as much pride as virtue in it ; but . . . the fact is so. . . . In such a people the haughtiness of domination combines...freedom, fortifies it, and renders it invincible." Southern society Resistance had from the first resolutely, almost passion. to change. ately, resisted...
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The World's Famous Orations, Volume 6

William Jennings Bryan - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1906 - 278 pages
...Colonies are much more strongly, and with a higher and more stubborn spirit, attached to liberty than those to the northward. Such were all the ancient...Permit me, sir, to add another circumstance in our Colonies, which contributes no mean part toward the growth and effect of this untractable spirit —...
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