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People Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
- The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign…
- This and many others only confirmed me in the opinion, planted when I saw the sale of Martha Ann, and growing steadily thereafter, that slavery…
- Father had notions about manhood suffrage, public schools, the education and the elevation of the masses, and the gradual emancipation of the slaves, that did…
- I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where…
- Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their…
- That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it…
- Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections, their…
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