In a case which has excited so much attention, both here and throughout the country, you, too, must expect to be put on trial; your verdict will go into the great record of history, to be passed upon by your country and by posterity.
Horace Mann: “In a case which has excited so much attention, both here and throughout the country, you, too, must expect to be put on…”
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Mann reminds the jury that their decision will be scrutinized by history and future generations.
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