This is not only anticipating the judgment at the commencement of the proceedings, but it is anticipating the worst judgment that can be passed; and, by anticipating, procuring it; as prophecies often procure their own fulfilment.
Mann critiques the anticipatory nature of a legal process that prejudges individuals, likening it to self-fulfilling prophecies.
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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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