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What standard of morals do gentlemen propose to themselves?
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Mann questions the ethical standards that individuals set for themselves in the context of social issues.
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Has the fact never yet come to the knowledge of the magistrates of the District of Columbia, that the constitution of the United States declares that “excessive bail shall not be required”?
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
The general system of slaveholding farmers and planters, in all times and places, has been, and now is, and ever will be, to cultivate much land, badly, for present gain,--in short, to kill the goose that lays the golden egg.
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