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I’d give all I’m worth, or ever hope to be worth, in the world, to be loved by as many people as love him.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “I’d give all I’m worth, or ever hope to be worth, in the world, to be loved by as many people as love him.”
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An officer expresses a desire for the affection that a beloved figure receives, highlighting the impact of that person's character.
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Let me repeat, that I think it best for all men—white men, black men, and brown men, if you make that distinction, that all men of proper age and unconvicted of crime, should have the right of suffrage.
Ordinarily the simple performance of duty is so blessed of God, that men who live in the doing of it, are the best off, in all respects, even in this world.
They should strive for distinction by economy, by industry, by sobriety, by patient perseverance in well-doing, by constant improvement of religious instruction, and by the constant practice of Christian virtues.
It is my firm conviction, that suffrage is not only the best security for freedom, but the most potent agent of amelioration and civilization.