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Yet it was only for this right of private judgment, for this independence of another man’s control in religious concernments, that the godlike champions of religious liberty perilled themselves and perished.
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Mann reflects on the sacrifices made by champions of religious liberty for the right to personal judgment.
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A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
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