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And so far from refusing to present a petition because it might come from those low in the estimation of the world, it would be an additional incentive, if such incentive were wanting.
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Seward argues that petitions from marginalized individuals should be encouraged rather than dismissed.
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By the blessing of the Author of those rights, they have prevailed over all opposition, and form the basis of thirteen independent States.
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How long emancipation may be delayed, is among the things concealed from our knowledge, but not so the certain result.
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