Whitelaw Reid: “Whatever the verdict of the men of Massachusetts to-day, I contentedly…”

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Whatever the verdict of the men of Massachusetts to-day, I contentedly await the verdict of their sons.

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Whitelaw Reid

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Reid expresses confidence in the future judgment of his actions by future generations.

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Whitelaw Reid: “Whatever the verdict of the men of Massachusetts to-day, I contentedly await the verdict of their sons.”