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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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gutenberg.orgWilliam Seward: “How long emancipation may be delayed, is among the things concealed from our knowledge, but not so the certain result.”
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Seward acknowledges the uncertainty of when emancipation will occur but asserts its inevitable outcome.
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