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But I think it will take a good deal of evidence to convince him that one man owns another.
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Hoar expresses skepticism about the morality of slavery, highlighting the difficulty of convincing someone of the legitimacy of one person owning another.
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It relates to matters more permanent than human life.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
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It will be better for his reputation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with a full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing, and extenuating nothing.
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