It was a sublime thought, that where he had toiled in the house of the nation, in hours of the day devoted to its service, the stroke of death should reach him, and there sever the ties of love and patriotism which bound him to earth.
Seward articulates a profound thought about the ideal of dying in the service of one's country, reflecting on the legacy of public service.
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From and after the fourth day of July, 1842, there shall be, throughout the United States, NO HEREDITARY SLAVERY, but on and after that day every child born within the United States shall be FREE.
It depends not on the zeal and firmness only of the reformers, but on their wisdom and moderation also.
How long emancipation may be delayed, is among the things concealed from our knowledge, but not so the certain result.
For the rest, the work of emancipation abides the action, whether it be slow or fast, of the moral sense of the American people.
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