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The measurable failure of this struggle in France, teaches the necessity of due preparation before a people can advance to the permanent possession and enjoyment of their rights.
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Seward reflects on the lessons learned from the French Revolution regarding the importance of preparation for achieving rights.
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Slavery therefore must be restrained, and, without violence or injustice, must be abolished.
Let it be remembered, that it has ever been the pride and the boast of America, that the rights for which she contended were the rights of human nature.
By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.
It depends not on the zeal and firmness only of the reformers, but on their wisdom and moderation also.
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