On the recordMarch 5, 1864
Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.
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Letter to William H. Herndon
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of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the duty required under the most favorable circumstances, and now rendered doubly difficult by existing national perils…
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.
And this result, so far from being bad faith to Vermont, is indispensable to keeping good faith with New Hampshire.