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Slavery: Letters and Speeches (1851)
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Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up all the vacuities of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.
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On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning it.
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Enslave a man and you destroy his ambition, his enterprise, his capacity. In the constitution of human nature, the desire of bettering one's condition is the mainspring of effort. The first touch of slavery snaps this spring.
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One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Born:
May 4, 1796
Died:
August 2, 1859
(aged 63)
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