The man or woman who has money, without having had to work for it, who has all the comforts of life, without effort, and who saves his own soul and perhaps the soul of somebody else, such an individual is rare, very rare indeed.
He reflects on the rarity of individuals who possess wealth without having worked for it, highlighting the value of effort.
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When freedom came, the slaves were almost as well fitted to begin life anew as the master, except in the matter of book-learning and ownership of property.
He was simply another unfortunate victim of the institution which the Nation unhappily had engrafted upon it at that time.
No one section of our country was wholly responsible for its introduction, and, besides, it was recognized and protected for years by the General Government.