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If any man offers to vote for me on such conditions, I deny him my assistance and disdain his support.
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Mann refuses to accept support that comes with conditions, highlighting his integrity and independence.
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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.
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.
Out of universal education come genius, skill, and enterprise, and the desire of bettering one’s condition.
The wickedest white man, in a company of slaves, bears a charmed life.
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