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Right is the eternal sun the world cannot delay its coming.
Wendell Phillips
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Wendell Phillips
Age: 72 †
Born: 1811
Born: November 29
Died: 1884
Died: February 2
Jurist
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Law is nothing unless close behind it stands a warm, living public opinion.
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The penny-papers of New York do more to govern this country than the White House at Washington.
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Agitation prevents rebellion, keeps the peace, and secures progress. Every step she gains is gained forever. Muskets are the weapons of animals. Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after.
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The Puritan did not stop to think he recognized God in his soul, and acted.
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