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I am not now speaking of the special danger to each particular individual, but of the principle that embraces us all.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “I am not now speaking of the special danger to each particular individual, but of the principle that embraces us all.”
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Mann speaks to the broader principle of collective vulnerability under oppressive systems, beyond individual risks.
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A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
Let me read to you the disparaging and contemptuous remark of the address on that great palladium of human liberty, the trial by jury.
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My instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, may all mislead; but from the first time, now years ago, when I heard this subject broached, my instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, have all been in its favor.
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