Better in that day to have been a doorkeeper in the house of Freedom than a dweller in the tents of the ungodly: and what ungodliness can compare with the ungodliness of Slavery, whether in the lash of the taskmaster or in the speech of its apologist?
This quote contrasts the moral standing of freedom against the immorality of slavery, emphasizing the dignity of the former.
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Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Contrary to Christianity, but upheld by the Church, I. 54, 58.
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
His loyalty to the Declaration of Independence, XIX. 317.
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