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No other land could have produced such dauntless courage and such heroic devotion to honest conviction in a public man; and even our land has produced but few men of his stamp and ability.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Creswell: “No other land could have produced such dauntless courage and such heroic devotion to honest conviction in a public man…”
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Creswell praises the unique courage and dedication of Henry Winter Davis as a public figure.
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