I was young once, and I am sure I was never ungenerously thrust back.

_FOURTEENTH_

Thank God for not making me a woman, but if He had, I suppose He would

have made me just as ugly as He did, and no one would ever have

tempted me.

_FIFTEENTH_

You may say anything you like about me,--if that will help.

_SIXTEENTH_

No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up

from poverty--none less inclined to take, or touch, aught which they

have not honestly earned.

_SEVENTEENTH_

As our case is new, so we must think anew.

_EIGHTEENTH_

I shall do less whenever I believe what I am doing hurts the cause;

and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more helps the cause.

_NINETEENTH_

No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another

of us.

_TWENTIETH_

If I can learn God's will, I will do it.

_TWENTY-FIRST_

It is the nature of the case, and no one is to blame.

_TWENTY-SECOND_

Tell the whole truth.

_TWENTY-THIRD_

He sticks through thick and thin,--I admire such a man.

_TWENTY-FOURTH_

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority

of any constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view justify

revolution,--certainly would if such right were a vital one.

_TWENTY-FIFTH_

My hand was tired; but my resolution was firm.

_TWENTY-SIXTH_

It is a difficult role, and so much the greater will be the honor if

you perform it well.

_TWENTY-SEVENTH_

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