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He was the best scholar I ever met for his years and active life, and was surpassed by very few, excepting mere book-worms.
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Creswell reflects on the scholarly abilities of Henry Winter Davis, emphasizing his exceptional intellect for his age.
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He never would hold any of his slaves under his authority, never would accept a cent of their wages, and tendered each and all of them a deed of absolute manumission whenever the law would allow.
You can survive the integrity of the nation; we in Maryland would live on the side of a gulf, perpetually tending to plunge into its depths.
He stood face to face with the iniquitous superstition, and to their teeth defied its worshipers.
I knew something of books, nothing of men, and I went forth like Adam among the wild beasts of the unknown wilderness of the world.
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