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These men were now brought together by an absorbing sense of duty and a common impulse of resistance to the encroachments of slavery.
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This statement emphasizes the unity and determination of individuals against slavery during a critical period in American history.
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This is the spirit in which I have determined for myself to come up to this great question, and to pass through it.
But Tilden, conscious of the need of an anti-Tweed legislature, had surmised the Ring's plan as early as Tweed devised it, and he replied with firmness that everything beside the legislative ticket was of minor importance to him.
He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
Of imposing appearance, he looked like a man formed to rule.
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