“ A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals", with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all. ”
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“ So true is the saying of the great philosopher, the oracle of ancient wisdom, that if the minds of tyrants were laid open to our view, we should see them gnashed and mangled with the whips and stings of horror and remorse. By blows and stripes the flesh is made to quiver; and in like manner, cruelty and inordinate passions, malice and evil deeds, become internal executioners, and with increasing torture and lacerate to the heart. ”
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