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Persecution never weakens delusions, nor disturbs faith, however ignorant and groundless.
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Sherman reflects on the futility of persecution in changing deeply held beliefs.
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God forbid that the despots of the Old World should ever adorn their infernal logic by pointing to a disrupted Union here!
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
It is not in my blood and these gentlemen cannot put it there.
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