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John Brown prepared the way; but if the friends of freedom and union had surrendered themselves to his leadership, the cause of freedom and union would have been lost.
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Roosevelt warns against blindly following John Brown's leadership, asserting that it could have jeopardized the cause of freedom and union.
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