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Local prejudice, personal antipathy, and selfish interest obscure the vision.
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He points out that biases and personal interests can cloud judgment.
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Let us at all hazards prevent the extension of Slavery and the increase of the Slave Power.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
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