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Every Young Man, however obscure or powerless he may seem, can do something for the cause of freedom.
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Mann encourages young men to contribute to the fight for freedom, regardless of their circumstances.
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This is the reciprocity of slave law.--to be forever liable to be proved guilty, but never able to prove himself innocent; to be subject to all punishments, but, through his own oath, to no protection.
Out of universal education come genius, skill, and enterprise, and the desire of bettering one’s condition.
Is there not one spot where we can stand side by side, as friends, sympathize with each other, and act together in harmony?
So far from facilitating the increase of individual or national wealth, slavery retards both.
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