And thus, gentlemen of the jury, I say that while some of the seeds of liberty which we scatter are wafted to a foreign realm, and fall upon a foreign soil, others will drop upon the hearts of bondmen and bondwomen at home, and will there fructify and mature into their appropriate harvest.
Mann highlights the dual impact of liberty's seeds, affecting both foreign lands and enslaved individuals at home.
Share
More from Horace Mann
Under such a practice with regard to indictments, coupled with such a practice in regard to bail, an accusation would be as fatal as crime itself, however innocent the accused might be.
What rights are more sacred or more dear to us than the conjugal and the parental?
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
Her lowland neighbors of Maryland and the Carolinas were not far behind at the seeding; nor are they far behind at the ingathering of desolation.
Other voices in this conversation
