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The doctrine, gentlemen, which I wish to enforce upon your minds, is, that every act of taking another man’s property is not stealing.
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Mann emphasizes that not every act of taking property is theft, highlighting the nuances of ownership.
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Whoever intercepts knowledge, therefore, on its passage to a human soul; whoever strikes down the hand that is outstretched to grasp it, is guilty of one of the most heinous of offences.
Did the law ever contemplate so cruel and revengeful a proceeding?
Yet, by denying education to the slave, you destroy not merely the right, but the power, of personal examination in regard to all that most nearly concerns the soul’s interests.
Old Virginia was the first to sow this land of ours with slavery; she is also the first to reap the full harvest of destruction.
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