George Boutwell: “Great men are independent of colleges and universities.”

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Great men are independent of colleges and universities.

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Boutwell emphasizes that great individuals are not defined by their educational backgrounds.

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By the amendment of 1865 freedom and equality in government were guaranteed to all and especially to the negro race in America.

President McKinley and his supporters demand subserviency of all who are not within the lines of the American seas.

They assert supreme authority over their fellow-men for an indefinite period of time, and they promise therewith good government.

Shall your representative stand for Nathan Dane and Abraham Lincoln and Freedom, or for William McKinley and Despotism?

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