The Legion of Liberty and Force of Truth, Volume 1Arno Press, 1969 - 374 pages |
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... live without labor , and spend their time in idleness and luxury ; it is therefore , an enemy to the peace and prosperity of any people among whom it exists ; it is contrary to the order of nature , and the laws of our being and ...
... live without labor , and spend their time in idleness and luxury ; it is therefore , an enemy to the peace and prosperity of any people among whom it exists ; it is contrary to the order of nature , and the laws of our being and ...
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... live as the slave , to clothe him- self in the slave's raiment , to eat the slave's coarse food , to till his fields with his own hands , than to pamper himself by day , and pillow his head on down at night , at the cost of a wantonly ...
... live as the slave , to clothe him- self in the slave's raiment , to eat the slave's coarse food , to till his fields with his own hands , than to pamper himself by day , and pillow his head on down at night , at the cost of a wantonly ...
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... live together , or together die . By felon hands , by one relentless stroke , See the fond links of feeling nature ... Lives there a reptile baser than a slave ? Loathsome as death , corrupted as the grave . See the dull creole , at his ...
... live together , or together die . By felon hands , by one relentless stroke , See the fond links of feeling nature ... Lives there a reptile baser than a slave ? Loathsome as death , corrupted as the grave . See the dull creole , at his ...
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