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" I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it ; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority ;... "
The Philosophy of Human Nature - Page 314
by Francis E. Brewster - 1851 - 447 pages
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A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the ...

Tryon Edwards - Quotations, English - 1908 - 788 pages
...where it was nnhappilv introduced in their infant state. — Titos. Jefferson. I can only say that ʀ ƴˀ 0 ɀ ] 傀 0 — Washington. Not only does the Christian religion, but Nature herself, cry out against the state...
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Warwick's Keystone Commonwealth: A Review of the History of the Great State ...

Charles Franklin Warwick - Pennsylvania - 1913 - 454 pages
...Washington, in expressing his views upon the subject, said, "There is not a man living who desires more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Franklin, John Adams, Morris and most, if not all, of the signers of the Declaration of Independence...
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Washington's Birthday, Its History, Observance, Spirit, and Significance as ...

Robert Haven Schauffler - 1915 - 362 pages
...imitation of whose example in these things we can never hope to be a happy nation." Washington on Slavery " There is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by legislative authority, and this as far as my suffrage...
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The Story of Agriculture in the United States

Albert Hart Sanford - Agriculture - 1916 - 412 pages
...and wished that it did not exist. Writing to Robert Morris in 1786, he said, "I can only say, that there is not a man living, who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it." Again, he said, "I never mean, unless some particular circumstances shall compel me to it, to...
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The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2

Carter Godwin Woodson, Rayford Whittingham Logan - African Americans - 1917 - 478 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by...
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World Patriots

John Thomas Morris Johnston - Biography - 1917 - 662 pages
...wish to hold the unhappy people, who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely...than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it; but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 20

United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 606 pages
...In his time ; but In 1786, In a letter to Mr. Morris, he said : "There Is no man living who wlahes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery." In proof of the sincerity of this statement, all of his slaves were emancipated by his will. Foreign...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 20

United States. President - Presidents - 1922 - 660 pages
...assumed no political status In his time; but iu 1780. in a letter to Mr. Morris, he said : "There is no man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery." In proof of the sincerity of this statement, nil of his slaves were emancipated by his will. ForHijn...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 20

United States. President - Presidents - 1922 - 678 pages
...bill In 1786. in a letter to Mr. Morris, he said': "There Is no man living who wishes wore slncerelv than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery." In proof of the sincerity of this statement, nil of bis slaves were emancipated by his will. Foreian...
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The Estate of George Washington, Deceased

Eugene Ernst Prussing - Presidents - 1927 - 588 pages
...the unhappy people who are the subject of this letter, in slavery. I can only say that there is no man living, who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it, but there is only one proper and effective mode by which it can be accomplished and that is by...
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