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The Conflict Between The Principle Of Liberty And The Fact Of Slavery Is Coming Gradually To An Issue. Slavery Has Now The Power, And Falls Into Convulsions At The Approach Of Freedom.

The Conflict Between The Principle Of Liberty And The Fact Of Slavery Is Coming Gradually To An Issue. Slavery Has Now The Power, And Falls Into Convulsions At The Approach Of Freedom. That The Fall Of Slavery Is Predetermined In The Counsels Of Omnipotence I Cannot Doubt; It Is A Part Of The Great Moral Improvement In The Condition Of Man, Attested By All The Records Of History. But The Conflict Will Be Terrible, And The Progress Of Improvement Perhaps Retrograde Before Its Final Progress To Consummation.

This Hand, To Tyrants Ever Sworn The Foe, For Freedom Only Deals The Deadly Blow; Then Sheathes In Calm Repose The Vengeful Blade, For Gentle Peace In Freedom's Hallowed Shade.

It Is So Obvious To Every Reasonable Being That He Did Not Make Himself, And The World In Which He Inhabits Could As Little Make Itself, That The Moment We Begin To Exercise The Power Of Reflection, It Seems Impossible To Escape The Conviction That There Is A Creator.

Life Is A Problem; Mortal Man Was Made To Solve The Solemn Problem Right Or Wrong.